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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... adopted , 251. - South Carolinians rebellious - Jefferson Davis elected “ President , ” and Alexander II . Stephens Vice - President " of the Confederacy , 252 - Stephens's Speeches - Committees appointed , 258. - Action of the ...
... adopted , 251. - South Carolinians rebellious - Jefferson Davis elected “ President , ” and Alexander II . Stephens Vice - President " of the Confederacy , 252 - Stephens's Speeches - Committees appointed , 258. - Action of the ...
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... adopted , 355. - Seizure of the Arsenal at Fayetteville - Mischievous Work , begins in Tennessee , 356. - Tennessee leagued with the " Confederacy , " 357. - Usurpation and Fraud in Tennessee , 858. - Designs against Harper's Ferry ...
... adopted , 355. - Seizure of the Arsenal at Fayetteville - Mischievous Work , begins in Tennessee , 356. - Tennessee leagued with the " Confederacy , " 357. - Usurpation and Fraud in Tennessee , 858. - Designs against Harper's Ferry ...
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... adopted in St. Andrew's Hall ) , late in December , 1860 , was destroyed by fire in December , 1861. St. Andrew's Hall , in which the conspirators against the Republic who seceded from the Democratic Convention now under con- sideration ...
... adopted in St. Andrew's Hall ) , late in December , 1860 , was destroyed by fire in December , 1861. St. Andrew's Hall , in which the conspirators against the Republic who seceded from the Democratic Convention now under con- sideration ...
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... adopted by the Demo- cratic Convention of that State . On the topic of Slavery and State su- premacy , the resolutions were clear and explicit . They recognized the doctrine of Popular Sovereignty as " embodying the only sound and safe ...
... adopted by the Demo- cratic Convention of that State . On the topic of Slavery and State su- premacy , the resolutions were clear and explicit . They recognized the doctrine of Popular Sovereignty as " embodying the only sound and safe ...
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... adopted as the doctrine of the Democratic party , the members of the Convention from the Slave - labor States , and their constituents , would consider it as dangerous and subversive of their rights , as the adoption of the principle of ...
... adopted as the doctrine of the Democratic party , the members of the Convention from the Slave - labor States , and their constituents , would consider it as dangerous and subversive of their rights , as the adoption of the principle of ...
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