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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... hope you will accede . Was there not an appropriation at the last session for converting flint into percussion arms ? If so , would it not furnish good reason for extending such facilities to the States ? Virginia probably has more arms ...
... hope you will accede . Was there not an appropriation at the last session for converting flint into percussion arms ? If so , would it not furnish good reason for extending such facilities to the States ? Virginia probably has more arms ...
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... Hope , duty , and honor shine along the path . " " The Black Re- publicans , " he said , " claim the dogmas of the Declaration of Independence as part of the Constitution , and that it is their right and duty to so administer the ...
... Hope , duty , and honor shine along the path . " " The Black Re- publicans , " he said , " claim the dogmas of the Declaration of Independence as part of the Constitution , and that it is their right and duty to so administer the ...
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... hope of co - operation , decides to cut loose from her moorings , surrounded as she is by Southern sisters in like circumstances - I will be one of her crew , and , in common with every true son of hers , will endeavor , with all the ...
... hope of co - operation , decides to cut loose from her moorings , surrounded as she is by Southern sisters in like circumstances - I will be one of her crew , and , in common with every true son of hers , will endeavor , with all the ...
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Benson Lossing. 56 STEPHENS'S PREACHING AND PRACTICE . tion , and I cannot but hope that we shall advance higher still . Let us be true to our cause . 331 Mr. Stephens's speech made a powerful impression throughout the Re- public , and ...
Benson Lossing. 56 STEPHENS'S PREACHING AND PRACTICE . tion , and I cannot but hope that we shall advance higher still . Let us be true to our cause . 331 Mr. Stephens's speech made a powerful impression throughout the Re- public , and ...
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... hope of Mississippi , that those States will co - operate with her in the adoption of efficient measures for their common defense and safety . " A portion of the Legislature was for immediate separation and secession . The press of the ...
... hope of Mississippi , that those States will co - operate with her in the adoption of efficient measures for their common defense and safety . " A portion of the Legislature was for immediate separation and secession . The press of the ...
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