Pictorial History of the Civil War in the United States of AmericaSupreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes claimed that historian Benson J. Lossing did more than any other man to make history interesting and popular. Lossing wrote his comprehensive three-volume history of the Civil War at a time when the facts were still fresh. Originally published in 1866, Volume One covers the period from the political conventions held in the spring of 1860 to midsummer 1861 and the Battle of Bull Run. Lossing accompanies his narratives of marches, battles, and sieges with maps and plans, includes biographical sketches of the prominent people from both sides of the conflict, and illustrates his history with hundreds of drawings and engravings by the author and others. |
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... CONGRESS . - THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE . Meeting of the Thirty - sixth Congress , 64 - President Buchanan's Message , 65. — The Fugitive Slave Law , 67.— Personal Liberty Acts , 68 - Opinion of Attorney - General Black , 70 - Secession ...
... CONGRESS . - THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE . Meeting of the Thirty - sixth Congress , 64 - President Buchanan's Message , 65. — The Fugitive Slave Law , 67.— Personal Liberty Acts , 68 - Opinion of Attorney - General Black , 70 - Secession ...
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... Congress , 120. - The Conspirators supplied with Arms , 121. - Military Preparations in Charleston , 124. - The Government deaf to Warnings and Sugges- tions of Anderson and Scott , 125. - Seizure of Fort Monroe contemplated , 126 ...
... Congress , 120. - The Conspirators supplied with Arms , 121. - Military Preparations in Charleston , 124. - The Government deaf to Warnings and Sugges- tions of Anderson and Scott , 125. - Seizure of Fort Monroe contemplated , 126 ...
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... Congress , 232. - Disloyal Representatives leaving Congress - Conciliatory Action of the Union Members , 238.-C. F. Adams's Resolution , 234 . CHAPTER X. PEACE MOVEMENTS.- -CONVENTION OF CONSPIRATORS AT MONTGOMERY . Assembling of the ...
... Congress , 232. - Disloyal Representatives leaving Congress - Conciliatory Action of the Union Members , 238.-C. F. Adams's Resolution , 234 . CHAPTER X. PEACE MOVEMENTS.- -CONVENTION OF CONSPIRATORS AT MONTGOMERY . Assembling of the ...
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... Congress called , 336 - Requisition of the Secretary of War - Replies of Disloyal Governors , 337. - Some Newspapers on the Call for Troops , 338. — The " Conservatives " -The Conspirators at Montgomery , 389. - Utterances of the ...
... Congress called , 336 - Requisition of the Secretary of War - Replies of Disloyal Governors , 337. - Some Newspapers on the Call for Troops , 338. — The " Conservatives " -The Conspirators at Montgomery , 389. - Utterances of the ...
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... CONGRESS . " - AFFAIRS IN BAL- THE WAR IN MISSOURI . - DOINGS OF THE CONFEDERATE TIMORE . - PIRACIES . Treasonable Work in Missouri , 598. - Bird's Point fortified - Generals Pillow , Polk , and Pope , 589. - General Lyon's Expedition ...
... CONGRESS . " - AFFAIRS IN BAL- THE WAR IN MISSOURI . - DOINGS OF THE CONFEDERATE TIMORE . - PIRACIES . Treasonable Work in Missouri , 598. - Bird's Point fortified - Generals Pillow , Polk , and Pope , 589. - General Lyon's Expedition ...
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