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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... Battery at Charleston , 312. - Trying Position of Major Anderson - Anderson expected to leave Fort Sumter - His Appeals to his Government , 314. - Communication with Charleston cut off - The Crisis , 315. - Virginia Traitors in ...
... Battery at Charleston , 312. - Trying Position of Major Anderson - Anderson expected to leave Fort Sumter - His Appeals to his Government , 314. - Communication with Charleston cut off - The Crisis , 315. - Virginia Traitors in ...
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... Batteries , 457.— Dash into Fairfax Court House - The Unionists in Western Virginia , 488 , -Union Convention at Wheeling —Alarm of the Conspirators , 459. — Government of Virginia reorganized , 491. - State of West Virginia , 492 ...
... Batteries , 457.— Dash into Fairfax Court House - The Unionists in Western Virginia , 488 , -Union Convention at Wheeling —Alarm of the Conspirators , 459. — Government of Virginia reorganized , 491. - State of West Virginia , 492 ...
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... 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 Major Winthrop , 50S ...
... 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 Major Winthrop , 50S ...
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... BATTERY AT FORT MOULTRIE $ 4 . OLD CUSTOM HOUSE IN CHARLESTON $ 5 . INITIAL LETTER • $ 6 . PORTRAIT OF JOIN B. FLOYD ST . PORTRAIT OF JOSEPH HOLT AT . SS . RESIDENCE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COMMIS- SIONERS $ 9 . PORTRAIT OF JAMES L. ORR 90 ...
... BATTERY AT FORT MOULTRIE $ 4 . OLD CUSTOM HOUSE IN CHARLESTON $ 5 . INITIAL LETTER • $ 6 . PORTRAIT OF JOIN B. FLOYD ST . PORTRAIT OF JOSEPH HOLT AT . SS . RESIDENCE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COMMIS- SIONERS $ 9 . PORTRAIT OF JAMES L. ORR 90 ...
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... BATTERY , NEW YORK , IN MAY , 1861 207. UNION SQUARE , NEW YORK , ON THE 20TH OF APRIL , 1861 203. INITIAL LETTER 209. FORT JEFFERSON IN 1861 210. FORT TAYLOR IN 1861 • 352 263. GOVERNMENT BAKERIES AT THE CAPITOL 355 266 , CAMP DENNISON ...
... BATTERY , NEW YORK , IN MAY , 1861 207. UNION SQUARE , NEW YORK , ON THE 20TH OF APRIL , 1861 203. INITIAL LETTER 209. FORT JEFFERSON IN 1861 210. FORT TAYLOR IN 1861 • 352 263. GOVERNMENT BAKERIES AT THE CAPITOL 355 266 , CAMP DENNISON ...
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