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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... Slave - labor States , 49. - Secession in the South Carolina Legislature , 50. - Secession Movements in Georgia , 51. - Union Speech of Alexander II . Stephens , 58. - The Political Advantages enjoyed by the Southern States , 57 ...
... Slave - labor States , 49. - Secession in the South Carolina Legislature , 50. - Secession Movements in Georgia , 51. - Union Speech of Alexander II . Stephens , 58. - The Political Advantages enjoyed by the Southern States , 57 ...
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... SLAVE - LABOR STATES , AND OF THE FREE - LABOR STATES . Emissaries of the Conspirators at Work , 192. - The Virginia Legislature , 193. ~ A Peace Convention proposed- Attitude of Virginia - Virginia Conspirators in Congress - Position ...
... SLAVE - LABOR STATES , AND OF THE FREE - LABOR STATES . Emissaries of the Conspirators at Work , 192. - The Virginia Legislature , 193. ~ A Peace Convention proposed- Attitude of Virginia - Virginia Conspirators in Congress - Position ...
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... Slave system , which had become the very Nemesis of the nation , was there , full fraught with mischievous intent . It was a spirit potential as Ariel in the creation of elemental strife . For several months , premonitions of a storm ...
... Slave system , which had become the very Nemesis of the nation , was there , full fraught with mischievous intent . It was a spirit potential as Ariel in the creation of elemental strife . For several months , premonitions of a storm ...
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... Slavery , as we have observed , was the troubling spirit of the Convention . It appeared in the open Hall , and it was specially ap- parent in the room of the Committee on Resolutions . A large number of the delegates from the Slave ...
... Slavery , as we have observed , was the troubling spirit of the Convention . It appeared in the open Hall , and it was specially ap- parent in the room of the Committee on Resolutions . A large number of the delegates from the Slave ...
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... Slave interest . This , and the positive committal of the Democratic party to a pro - slavery policy in the administration of the National Government , were the chief business of several delegates in the Convention who were led by such ...
... Slave interest . This , and the positive committal of the Democratic party to a pro - slavery policy in the administration of the National Government , were the chief business of several delegates in the Convention who were led by such ...
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