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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... Election of Lincoln , 34 . CHAPTER II . PRELIMINARY REBELLIOUS MOVEMENTS . The Votes at the Election , 36. - Incendiary Work of Politicians , 37 - The Press and the Pulpit , 88 - Designs of the Oligarchy , 39. - Firing the Southern ...
... Election of Lincoln , 34 . CHAPTER II . PRELIMINARY REBELLIOUS MOVEMENTS . The Votes at the Election , 36. - Incendiary Work of Politicians , 37 - The Press and the Pulpit , 88 - Designs of the Oligarchy , 39. - Firing the Southern ...
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... Election awed by Bayonets - Senator Mason's Letter , 384. - North Carolina ruled by Usurpers - Ordinance of Secession adopted , 355. - Seizure of the Arsenal at Fayetteville - Mischievous Work , begins in Tennessee , 356. - Tennessee ...
... Election awed by Bayonets - Senator Mason's Letter , 384. - North Carolina ruled by Usurpers - Ordinance of Secession adopted , 355. - Seizure of the Arsenal at Fayetteville - Mischievous Work , begins in Tennessee , 356. - Tennessee ...
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... election . For this purpose it had been sent to Masonic Hall , at five o'clock in the afternoon ; and then and there the electric spark , which kindled the prepared combustibles of civil war into a quick and devouring flame , was ...
... election . For this purpose it had been sent to Masonic Hall , at five o'clock in the afternoon ; and then and there the electric spark , which kindled the prepared combustibles of civil war into a quick and devouring flame , was ...
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... election of either Douglas , Breckinridge , or the nominee of the Republican party , whoever he might be . The Convention adjourned on the second day of the session , and that night a ratification meeting was held in Monument Square ...
... election of either Douglas , Breckinridge , or the nominee of the Republican party , whoever he might be . The Convention adjourned on the second day of the session , and that night a ratification meeting was held in Monument Square ...
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... a little woman down at our house , " said Mr. Lincoln , in allusion to his wife , as he left the room , " who would like to hear this - I'll go down and tell her . " VOL . I. - 3 34 THE CANVASS AND ELECTION . declined to express any.
... a little woman down at our house , " said Mr. Lincoln , in allusion to his wife , as he left the room , " who would like to hear this - I'll go down and tell her . " VOL . I. - 3 34 THE CANVASS AND ELECTION . declined to express any.
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