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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... honor , and other gifts of gratitude ; costumes of soldiers ; flags ; banners ; badges ; and a great variety of other objects whereby the eye may be in- structed concerning the materials used in the conflict . The engravings , whilst ...
... honor , and other gifts of gratitude ; costumes of soldiers ; flags ; banners ; badges ; and a great variety of other objects whereby the eye may be in- structed concerning the materials used in the conflict . The engravings , whilst ...
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... Honors to Major Anderson , 332 , -The Sumter Medals , 383 . CHAPTER XIV . THE GREAT UPRISING OF THE PEOPLE . Excitement throughout the Country , 885. - The President calls for Troops to put down the Insurrection --- Extraordinary ...
... Honors to Major Anderson , 332 , -The Sumter Medals , 383 . CHAPTER XIV . THE GREAT UPRISING OF THE PEOPLE . Excitement throughout the Country , 885. - The President calls for Troops to put down the Insurrection --- Extraordinary ...
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... honored , 426 - Their Funeral and Monument , 427. - The Honor of Maryland vindicated - New York aroused , 423 - The Union Defense Committee and its Work , 429 .-- Active and Patriotic Labors of General Wool , 430. - The Government and ...
... honored , 426 - Their Funeral and Monument , 427. - The Honor of Maryland vindicated - New York aroused , 423 - The Union Defense Committee and its Work , 429 .-- Active and Patriotic Labors of General Wool , 430. - The Government and ...
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... honor or consistency , make any further concessions to the Slave interest . This , and the positive committal of the Democratic party to a pro - slavery policy in the administration of the National Government , were the chief business ...
... honor or consistency , make any further concessions to the Slave interest . This , and the positive committal of the Democratic party to a pro - slavery policy in the administration of the National Government , were the chief business ...
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... honor to every household . They were deluded with promises of free trade , that would bring the luxu- ries of the world to their dwellings . They were promised the long - desired reopening of the African Slave - trade , which would make ...
... honor to every household . They were deluded with promises of free trade , that would bring the luxu- ries of the world to their dwellings . They were promised the long - desired reopening of the African Slave - trade , which would make ...
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