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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... appointed , 109 . -Addresses and Declaration , 109-110 . - The Nationality of South Carolina proclaimed , 111. - Rejoicings because of the Revolutionary Act at Charleston , 113. - Impressions in the Free - labor States , 114 - Financial ...
... appointed , 109 . -Addresses and Declaration , 109-110 . - The Nationality of South Carolina proclaimed , 111. - Rejoicings because of the Revolutionary Act at Charleston , 113. - Impressions in the Free - labor States , 114 - Financial ...
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... appointed , 258. - Action of the Convention concerning a Flag for the " Confederacy , " 254. - First Assumption of Sovereignty - South Carolinianz offended , 256. - Davis journeys to Montgomery - His Reception and Inauguration , 257 ...
... appointed , 258. - Action of the Convention concerning a Flag for the " Confederacy , " 254. - First Assumption of Sovereignty - South Carolinianz offended , 256. - Davis journeys to Montgomery - His Reception and Inauguration , 257 ...
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... appointed by the people , to meet in conventions and choose . the candidates . The Democratic party moved first . Its representatives were summoned to assemble in Charleston , a pleasant city of forty thousand inhabitants , and a ...
... appointed by the people , to meet in conventions and choose . the candidates . The Democratic party moved first . Its representatives were summoned to assemble in Charleston , a pleasant city of forty thousand inhabitants , and a ...
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... appointed without much delay . It was the business of that committee to perform the difficult and delicate task of making a platform of principles for the action of the Convention , and the stand - point of the party during the ...
... appointed without much delay . It was the business of that committee to perform the difficult and delicate task of making a platform of principles for the action of the Convention , and the stand - point of the party during the ...
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... appointed them not to acquiesce in or submit to any Popular Sovereignty platform , and , in the event of such being adopted , to withdraw from the Convention . That contingency had now occurred , and the Alabama delegates formally ...
... appointed them not to acquiesce in or submit to any Popular Sovereignty platform , and , in the event of such being adopted , to withdraw from the Convention . That contingency had now occurred , and the Alabama delegates formally ...
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