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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... force , as proofs of long and earnest preparation for a now im- pending war upon " the South " and its institutions . They pictured , in high coloring , the dreadful paralysis of all the industry and commerce of " the South , " and the ...
... force , as proofs of long and earnest preparation for a now im- pending war upon " the South " and its institutions . They pictured , in high coloring , the dreadful paralysis of all the industry and commerce of " the South , " and the ...
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... force by force ; and , whatever may be the decision of the conven- 1 Letter to Mr. Peterson , of Mississippi . It fell into the hands of United States troops while in that region , in 1865 . * In South Carolina , political power had ...
... force by force ; and , whatever may be the decision of the conven- 1 Letter to Mr. Peterson , of Mississippi . It fell into the hands of United States troops while in that region , in 1865 . * In South Carolina , political power had ...
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... force that no human work or agency could withstand its blind fury . It was sweeping onward , roaring with the most vehement rage , like a tropical tornado , making every thing bend to its strength . Mr. Stephens himself was lifted by it ...
... force that no human work or agency could withstand its blind fury . It was sweeping onward , roaring with the most vehement rage , like a tropical tornado , making every thing bend to its strength . Mr. Stephens himself was lifted by it ...
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... force all laws and treaties of the United States , so far as they applied to Mississippi , until the new Confederation should be organized , and that all regulations , contracts , and engagements made by the old Government should remain ...
... force all laws and treaties of the United States , so far as they applied to Mississippi , until the new Confederation should be organized , and that all regulations , contracts , and engagements made by the old Government should remain ...
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... force or validity until it shall have been submitted to and ratified by a majority of the qualified voters of the State for members of the General Assembly , to whom it shall be submitted for their approval or rejection ; " and that it ...
... force or validity until it shall have been submitted to and ratified by a majority of the qualified voters of the State for members of the General Assembly , to whom it shall be submitted for their approval or rejection ; " and that it ...
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