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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... loyal people of the land everywhere to make this record , and in their name to disclaim these utterances as being any indication of the spirit and temper of the American people . The Republic has survived the strife within its bosom ...
... loyal people of the land everywhere to make this record , and in their name to disclaim these utterances as being any indication of the spirit and temper of the American people . The Republic has survived the strife within its bosom ...
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... Loyal Action of Governor Houston , 187. - Secession Convention in Texas - Committee of Safety , 188. - The Governor and the Secessionists at War , 189. - Houston's Patriotism overcome , 190. - The Powers of the People usurped , 191 ...
... Loyal Action of Governor Houston , 187. - Secession Convention in Texas - Committee of Safety , 188. - The Governor and the Secessionists at War , 189. - Houston's Patriotism overcome , 190. - The Powers of the People usurped , 191 ...
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... Loyal Press , 342. - Providence favors both Sides - Flags and Letter Envelopes attest the Loyalty of the People , 343. - Uprising in the Slave - labor States - The Writer in New Orleans , 344. - Excite- ment in New Orleans , 345 .- " On ...
... Loyal Press , 342. - Providence favors both Sides - Flags and Letter Envelopes attest the Loyalty of the People , 343. - Uprising in the Slave - labor States - The Writer in New Orleans , 344. - Excite- ment in New Orleans , 345 .- " On ...
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... loyal , 422. - Arlington House and its Surroundings - Designs against Wash- ington City , 429 - Preparations to defend the Capital- " Cassius M. Clay Guard , " 424. - The Massacre in Baltimore - The Martyrs on that Occasion honored ...
... loyal , 422. - Arlington House and its Surroundings - Designs against Wash- ington City , 429 - Preparations to defend the Capital- " Cassius M. Clay Guard , " 424. - The Massacre in Baltimore - The Martyrs on that Occasion honored ...
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... loyal Tennessean ( Horace Maynard ) , who knew them well , " as the figures on a chess - board , ” but became wonderfully productive of their kind . " There are those , " he said , in a speech in Congress , " within reach of my voice ...
... loyal Tennessean ( Horace Maynard ) , who knew them well , " as the figures on a chess - board , ” but became wonderfully productive of their kind . " There are those , " he said , in a speech in Congress , " within reach of my voice ...
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action afterward Alabama appointed April arms Army Arsenal assembled authority Baltimore battery Calhoun called Capital Captain Castle Pinckney citizens Colonel command Commissioners Committee Confederate Congress conspirators Constitution Convention Crittenden Compromise Davis December declared delegates disloyal duty election excitement Federal fire flag force Fort Moultrie Fort Pickens Fort Sumter forts Free-labor Fugitive Slave Law garrison Georgia Governor guns Harper's Ferry honor House hundred insurgents James January Jefferson Jefferson Davis John Kentucky Legislature letter Lieutenant Lincoln Louisiana loyal Major Anderson March Maryland ment military Mississippi Missouri Montgomery Moultrie National Government Navy Yard North officers Ohio Ordinance of Secession party patriotic peace Pickens politicians President re-enforcements rebellion regiment Republic resolution Richmond secede secessionists Secretary Secretary of War seized Senate sent session Slave-labor Slavery Slemmer soldiers South Carolina Southern Confederacy speech Sumter Texas thousand tion Toombs treason troops Union United Virginia vote Washington City Wigfall York