Abraham Lincoln: The Nation's Leader in the Great Struggle Through which was Maintained the Existence of the United StatesG. P. Putnam's sons, 1888 - 467 pages |
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... Fort Sumter when the first gun of the rebellion was fired . As " Rough and Ready " General Taylor was en- deared to the hearts of his countrymen , and he was elected to the Presidency in 1848. The campaign against Black Hawk was short ...
... Fort Sumter when the first gun of the rebellion was fired . As " Rough and Ready " General Taylor was en- deared to the hearts of his countrymen , and he was elected to the Presidency in 1848. The campaign against Black Hawk was short ...
Page 253
... Fort Sumter , in Charleston Harbor , would be provisioned at all hazards . This determination of the Govern- ment was also communicated to Forsyth and Craw- ford in Washington . On the eighth of April , Secre- tary Seward's formal reply ...
... Fort Sumter , in Charleston Harbor , would be provisioned at all hazards . This determination of the Govern- ment was also communicated to Forsyth and Craw- ford in Washington . On the eighth of April , Secre- tary Seward's formal reply ...
Page 254
... Fort Sumter , they said that this was , in effect , “ a declaration of war against the Confederate States , " and that , as representatives of their people , they accepted " the gage of battle there thrown down to them . " They ...
... Fort Sumter , they said that this was , in effect , “ a declaration of war against the Confederate States , " and that , as representatives of their people , they accepted " the gage of battle there thrown down to them . " They ...
Page 255
... Fort Sumter had been on the mainland previously , but when the troubles began , Major Anderson moved his command to Fort Sumter one night , to the great wrath of the Rebels , who construed this as " an overt act " of hostility from the ...
... Fort Sumter had been on the mainland previously , but when the troubles began , Major Anderson moved his command to Fort Sumter one night , to the great wrath of the Rebels , who construed this as " an overt act " of hostility from the ...
Page 256
... Fort Sumter , and their guns were trained upon the fortification with a view to compelling its sur- render . The feeling of the men who were nearest to the President was that the fort should be reinforced and provisioned and held at all ...
... Fort Sumter , and their guns were trained upon the fortification with a view to compelling its sur- render . The feeling of the men who were nearest to the President was that the fort should be reinforced and provisioned and held at all ...
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