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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... Cause , of which the civil war was the Effect . Satisfied that the Rebellion was the work of a few ambitious men , who for selfish purposes , and without excuse , conspired to overthrow the Republic , I have given prominence to their ...
... Cause , of which the civil war was the Effect . Satisfied that the Rebellion was the work of a few ambitious men , who for selfish purposes , and without excuse , conspired to overthrow the Republic , I have given prominence to their ...
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... cause of His anger : ” — “ Now , to me , pondering long and profoundly upon the course of events , the evil and bitter root of all our evils is to be found in the infidel , atheistic , French Revolu- tion , Red Republican principle ...
... cause of His anger : ” — “ Now , to me , pondering long and profoundly upon the course of events , the evil and bitter root of all our evils is to be found in the infidel , atheistic , French Revolu- tion , Red Republican principle ...
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... cause , themselves to be the judges of its justice , is too thin to merit any notice . With rebellion thus sugar- coated , they have been drugging the public mind of their section for more than thirty years , until , at length , they ...
... cause , themselves to be the judges of its justice , is too thin to merit any notice . With rebellion thus sugar- coated , they have been drugging the public mind of their section for more than thirty years , until , at length , they ...
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... cause of the conspirators at the very beginning of their open career . Ile was elected Governor of Alabama in 1563 , and used his official power to its atmost in favor of the rebellion . VOL L - 4 50 THE FEELING IN SLAVE - LABOR STATES ...
... cause of the conspirators at the very beginning of their open career . Ile was elected Governor of Alabama in 1563 , and used his official power to its atmost in favor of the rebellion . VOL L - 4 50 THE FEELING IN SLAVE - LABOR STATES ...
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... cause of the South lost forever ; and we would be subjected to a dominion , the parallel to which is that of the poor Indian under the British East India Company . When we have pledged ourselves to take the State out of the Union , and ...
... cause of the South lost forever ; and we would be subjected to a dominion , the parallel to which is that of the poor Indian under the British East India Company . When we have pledged ourselves to take the State out of the Union , and ...
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