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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... whether Slavery should * Official Proceedings of the Democratic National Convention , held in 1860 , at Charleston and Baltis more , page 17 . THE CINCINNATI PLATFORM OFFERED . 21 or should not exist. PORTRAIT OF WM G BROWNLOW.
... whether Slavery should * Official Proceedings of the Democratic National Convention , held in 1860 , at Charleston and Baltis more , page 17 . THE CINCINNATI PLATFORM OFFERED . 21 or should not exist. PORTRAIT OF WM G BROWNLOW.
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... held at Cincinnati , when James Buchanan was nominated for President of the United States . A platform was then framed , composed of many resolutions and involved declarations of principles , drawn by the hand of Benjamin F. Hallet , of ...
... held at Cincinnati , when James Buchanan was nominated for President of the United States . A platform was then framed , composed of many resolutions and involved declarations of principles , drawn by the hand of Benjamin F. Hallet , of ...
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... held independent views on that great topic of national discussion . The paralysis or destruction of that party would give the Pres- idency to a Republican candidate , and then the conspirators would have a wished - for pretext for ...
... held independent views on that great topic of national discussion . The paralysis or destruction of that party would give the Pres- idency to a Republican candidate , and then the conspirators would have a wished - for pretext for ...
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... held the Republican party responsible for John Brown's acts at Harper's Ferry , ' and declared that his raid was the forerunner of a general and destructive invasion of the Slave- labor States by " the fanatical hordes of the North ...
... held the Republican party responsible for John Brown's acts at Harper's Ferry , ' and declared that his raid was the forerunner of a general and destructive invasion of the Slave- labor States by " the fanatical hordes of the North ...
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... held at Raleigh , North Carolina , of which Jefferson Davis , then the Secretary of War , was fully cognizant . The object was to devise a scheme of rebellion at that time , in the event of the election of Colonel John C. Frémont , the ...
... held at Raleigh , North Carolina , of which Jefferson Davis , then the Secretary of War , was fully cognizant . The object was to devise a scheme of rebellion at that time , in the event of the election of Colonel John C. Frémont , the ...
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