Life of Abraham Lincoln, Presenting His Early History, Political Career, and Speeches in and Out of Congress: Also a General View of His Policy as President of the United States; with His Messages, Proclamations, Letters, Etc., and a Concise History of the WarMoore, Wilstach & Baldwin, 1865 - 510 pages |
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... division . This place , at the mouth of Anderson's Creek , had been settled as early as 1811 , and was a place of some consequence , both for its river trade and as the county - seat . After this latter advantage was lost , by the ...
... division . This place , at the mouth of Anderson's Creek , had been settled as early as 1811 , and was a place of some consequence , both for its river trade and as the county - seat . After this latter advantage was lost , by the ...
Page 31
... division of North and South . Experience and increased commingling between these localities are fast abating the distinctness of this somewhat indefinite separating line , but for years to come it can not be wholly obliterated . These ...
... division of North and South . Experience and increased commingling between these localities are fast abating the distinctness of this somewhat indefinite separating line , but for years to come it can not be wholly obliterated . These ...
Page 139
... division of his adver- saries , being in a popular minority of nearly four hundred thousand votes . He has seen his chief aids in his own State , Shields and Richardson , politically speaking , successively tried , convicted , and ...
... division of his adver- saries , being in a popular minority of nearly four hundred thousand votes . He has seen his chief aids in his own State , Shields and Richardson , politically speaking , successively tried , convicted , and ...
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... division and rather be glad of it - if that is an alliance , I confess I am in ; but if it is meant to be said that the Republicans had formed an alliance going beyond that , by which there is contribution of money or sacrifice of ...
... division and rather be glad of it - if that is an alliance , I confess I am in ; but if it is meant to be said that the Republicans had formed an alliance going beyond that , by which there is contribution of money or sacrifice of ...
Page 249
... divisions , and took up the line of march toward Fairfax Court House . This place his advance column occupied on the following day , without resistance . His entire effective force was not far from 50,000 men : the First Division under ...
... divisions , and took up the line of march toward Fairfax Court House . This place his advance column occupied on the following day , without resistance . His entire effective force was not far from 50,000 men : the First Division under ...
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