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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... issued an address from Washington City , urging that the Richmond Con- . vention should refrain from all important action , and adjourn to Baltimore , and there , re - entering the regular Convention , if possible defeat the nomi ...
... issued an address from Washington City , urging that the Richmond Con- . vention should refrain from all important action , and adjourn to Baltimore , and there , re - entering the regular Convention , if possible defeat the nomi ...
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... issued a proclamation , assuring the people that the contingency contemplated by the Legislature had occurred , namely the election of Mr. Lincoln , and , by the authority given him by that body , he ordered delegates to be chosen on ...
... issued a proclamation , assuring the people that the contingency contemplated by the Legislature had occurred , namely the election of Mr. Lincoln , and , by the authority given him by that body , he ordered delegates to be chosen on ...
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... issued by any court , judge , magistrate , or other per- son whomsoever . " The last clause of the act was so offensive to every sentiment of humanity and justice , and so repugnant to the feelings of the people in the Free - labor ...
... issued by any court , judge , magistrate , or other per- son whomsoever . " The last clause of the act was so offensive to every sentiment of humanity and justice , and so repugnant to the feelings of the people in the Free - labor ...
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... issued a Proclamation on the 14th of December , recommending the ob- servance of the 4th day of January follow- ing as a day for humiliation , fasting , and prayer , throughout the Republic . " The Union of the States , " he said , " is ...
... issued a Proclamation on the 14th of December , recommending the ob- servance of the 4th day of January follow- ing as a day for humiliation , fasting , and prayer , throughout the Republic . " The Union of the States , " he said , " is ...
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... , of the Navy , who , on the 14th of January , 1861 , issued a circular letter from Fort Moultrie to his fellow - officers in that branch of the service , YOL . I - 7 98 OFIBUSQUE PARA EXCITEMENT IN CHARLESTON . On the 16th.
... , of the Navy , who , on the 14th of January , 1861 , issued a circular letter from Fort Moultrie to his fellow - officers in that branch of the service , YOL . I - 7 98 OFIBUSQUE PARA EXCITEMENT IN CHARLESTON . On the 16th.
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