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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... GOVERNMENT POLICY . Fortifications in Charleston Harbor , 117. - Major Anderson takes Command and warns the Government , 118.- Treason in the War Department - Alarm of the Conspirators in Congress , 120. - The Conspirators supplied with ...
... GOVERNMENT POLICY . Fortifications in Charleston Harbor , 117. - Major Anderson takes Command and warns the Government , 118.- Treason in the War Department - Alarm of the Conspirators in Congress , 120. - The Conspirators supplied with ...
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... Government , 218. - Minnesota true to the Union , 214. - Encouragement for the Conspira- tors , 215 . " CHAPTER IX . PROCEEDINGS IN CONGRESS . — DEPARTURE OF CONSPIRATORS , Line between Loyalists and Disloyalists distinctly drawn ...
... Government , 218. - Minnesota true to the Union , 214. - Encouragement for the Conspira- tors , 215 . " CHAPTER IX . PROCEEDINGS IN CONGRESS . — DEPARTURE OF CONSPIRATORS , Line between Loyalists and Disloyalists distinctly drawn ...
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... Government rebuked , 419.- The President and Baltimore Embassies - Defection of Army Officers , 420. - Resignation of Colonel Lee 421. - IIis Inducements to be loyal , 422. - Arlington House and its Surroundings - Designs against Wash ...
... Government rebuked , 419.- The President and Baltimore Embassies - Defection of Army Officers , 420. - Resignation of Colonel Lee 421. - IIis Inducements to be loyal , 422. - Arlington House and its Surroundings - Designs against Wash ...
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... government , and with an eye single to the accomplishment of an intensely selfish end , began a rebellion , first against the dominant party then in possession of the National Government , and secondly against that Government itself ...
... government , and with an eye single to the accomplishment of an intensely selfish end , began a rebellion , first against the dominant party then in possession of the National Government , and secondly against that Government itself ...
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... Government had ceased forever - men who rejoiced when they saw , in the absolute disruption of the Democratic party at Charleston and Baltimore , a prospect for the election of the Republican candidate , which might serve them as a ...
... Government had ceased forever - men who rejoiced when they saw , in the absolute disruption of the Democratic party at Charleston and Baltimore , a prospect for the election of the Republican candidate , which might serve them as a ...
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