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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... Command and warns the Government , 118.- Treason in the War Department - Alarm of the Conspirators in Congress , 120. - The Conspirators supplied with Arms , 121. - Military Preparations in Charleston , 124. - The Government deaf to ...
... Command and warns the Government , 118.- Treason in the War Department - Alarm of the Conspirators in Congress , 120. - The Conspirators supplied with Arms , 121. - Military Preparations in Charleston , 124. - The Government deaf to ...
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... command the respect of the world , and the love and con- fidence of our people at home . South Carolina will go . I ... commands me to do one act , and the Executive of Mississippi commands me to do another thing , inconsistent with the ...
... command the respect of the world , and the love and con- fidence of our people at home . South Carolina will go . I ... commands me to do one act , and the Executive of Mississippi commands me to do another thing , inconsistent with the ...
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... command were at work upon the public mind . Only two days before his speech November 12 , was pronounced , a Military Convention was held at Milledge ville , which was addressed by the Governor of the State , in very incendiary language ...
... command were at work upon the public mind . Only two days before his speech November 12 , was pronounced , a Military Convention was held at Milledge ville , which was addressed by the Governor of the State , in very incendiary language ...
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... command . Under such circumstances , to send a military force into any State , with orders to act against the people , would be simply making war upon them . " The Attorney - General limited the exercise of the powers of the Executive ...
... command . Under such circumstances , to send a military force into any State , with orders to act against the people , would be simply making war upon them . " The Attorney - General limited the exercise of the powers of the Executive ...
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... command the Eastern Depart- ment , which includes South Carolina , Georgia , Alabama , and Mississippi . You know me well . I have ever been a firm , decided , faithful , and devoted friend of my country . If I can aid the Presi- dent ...
... command the Eastern Depart- ment , which includes South Carolina , Georgia , Alabama , and Mississippi . You know me well . I have ever been a firm , decided , faithful , and devoted friend of my country . If I can aid the Presi- dent ...
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