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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... citizens and strangers . On the following morning , the sub- ject of contesting delegations was re- ferred to the committee on credentials . They could not agree ; and on the fourth day of the session " two reports were submitted , the ...
... citizens and strangers . On the following morning , the sub- ject of contesting delegations was re- ferred to the committee on credentials . They could not agree ; and on the fourth day of the session " two reports were submitted , the ...
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... citizens of St. John's Parish , in South Carolina , said , in Convention : - " We have sworn that Congress shall , at our demand , repeal the tariff . If she does not , our State Legislature will dissolve our connection with the Union ...
... citizens of St. John's Parish , in South Carolina , said , in Convention : - " We have sworn that Congress shall , at our demand , repeal the tariff . If she does not , our State Legislature will dissolve our connection with the Union ...
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... citizens within their borders , made so by the circumstance of birth or exist- ing laws . In the framing of laws consonant with the public sentiment against the Fugitive Slave Law , some of the Legislatures perhaps transcended the con ...
... citizens within their borders , made so by the circumstance of birth or exist- ing laws . In the framing of laws consonant with the public sentiment against the Fugitive Slave Law , some of the Legislatures perhaps transcended the con ...
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... citizens . were invited to attend , or to give their views at length on the great topie of the Union . Among these was- Francis Lieber , LL.D. , Professor of History and Political Economy in the South Carolina College at Columbia , He ...
... citizens . were invited to attend , or to give their views at length on the great topie of the Union . Among these was- Francis Lieber , LL.D. , Professor of History and Political Economy in the South Carolina College at Columbia , He ...
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... Citizens of the Southern Republic ; " and processions filled the streets , bearing from square to square many banners with significant inscriptions . " No Union flag was seen upon any ship in the harbor , for vigilance committees ...
... Citizens of the Southern Republic ; " and processions filled the streets , bearing from square to square many banners with significant inscriptions . " No Union flag was seen upon any ship in the harbor , for vigilance committees ...
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