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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... attack Fort Sumter , 186. - Seizure of Forts in Charleston Harbor , 187. - Seizure of the Custom House and Post - Office , 139 , CHAPTER VI . AFFAIRS AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL . - WAR COMMENCED IN CHARLESTON HARBOR . Excitement throughout ...
... attack Fort Sumter , 186. - Seizure of Forts in Charleston Harbor , 187. - Seizure of the Custom House and Post - Office , 139 , CHAPTER VI . AFFAIRS AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL . - WAR COMMENCED IN CHARLESTON HARBOR . Excitement throughout ...
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... Attack on Massachusetts Troops in Baltimore , 411-413 - Pennsylvania Troops attacked , 414. - The Mob triumphant ... Attack on Sewell's Point , 486 - Attack on Acquia Creek Batteries , 457.— Dash into Fairfax Court House - The Unionists ...
... Attack on Massachusetts Troops in Baltimore , 411-413 - Pennsylvania Troops attacked , 414. - The Mob triumphant ... Attack on Sewell's Point , 486 - Attack on Acquia Creek Batteries , 457.— Dash into Fairfax Court House - The Unionists ...
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... Attack on Pig Point Battery - The Troops at Camp Hamilton , 502. - The Insurgents on the PenÃnsula , 503. - Expedition to Big and Little Bethel , 504. - The Insurgent Post at Big Bethel , 506. - Battle at Big Bethel , 507. - Death of ...
... Attack on Pig Point Battery - The Troops at Camp Hamilton , 502. - The Insurgents on the PenÃnsula , 503. - Expedition to Big and Little Bethel , 504. - The Insurgent Post at Big Bethel , 506. - Battle at Big Bethel , 507. - Death of ...
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... attack on Charleston was expected , in 1770 , the church spire , which was white , and was visible from some distance at sea , was painted black , that the enemy might not see it as a beacon . It was a mistake , for it was then more ...
... attack on Charleston was expected , in 1770 , the church spire , which was white , and was visible from some distance at sea , was painted black , that the enemy might not see it as a beacon . It was a mistake , for it was then more ...
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... attack on Fort Sumter , in April , 1861 , sent it to Dr. Fogg , by the hands of Mrs. Fogg , who was then visiting in Charleston . I am indebted to Dr. Fogg for a sketch of the banner , kindly made for my use by J. M. Church , of Boston ...
... attack on Fort Sumter , in April , 1861 , sent it to Dr. Fogg , by the hands of Mrs. Fogg , who was then visiting in Charleston . I am indebted to Dr. Fogg for a sketch of the banner , kindly made for my use by J. M. Church , of Boston ...
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