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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... officers ; weapons and ships of war ; forts ; arsenals ; medals of 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 ...
... officers ; weapons and ships of war ; forts ; arsenals ; medals of 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 ...
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... Officers of the Army and Navy invited to resign , 97 - A Gala Day in Charleston - Secession foreordained , 98 - Assembling of the South Carolina 00 8 CONTENTS . Secession Convention , 100. - Reassembling. VIEW OF CHARLESTON IN The SourH ...
... Officers of the Army and Navy invited to resign , 97 - A Gala Day in Charleston - Secession foreordained , 98 - Assembling of the South Carolina 00 8 CONTENTS . Secession Convention , 100. - Reassembling. VIEW OF CHARLESTON IN The SourH ...
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... Officers , 420. - Resignation of Colonel Lee 421. - IIis Inducements to be loyal , 422. - Arlington House and its Surroundings - Designs against Wash- ington City , 429 - Preparations to defend the Capital- " Cassius M. Clay Guard ...
... Officers , 420. - Resignation of Colonel Lee 421. - IIis Inducements to be loyal , 422. - Arlington House and its Surroundings - Designs against Wash- ington City , 429 - Preparations to defend the Capital- " Cassius M. Clay Guard ...
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... Officers censured , 510. - A censured Officer justified , 511. ~ The Desolation of Hampton , 512. - Big Bethel Battle - ground visited , 513. - Hampton and Vicinity , 514. - Incidents at Hampton , 515. - The Eleventh Indiana Regiment ...
... Officers censured , 510. - A censured Officer justified , 511. ~ The Desolation of Hampton , 512. - Big Bethel Battle - ground visited , 513. - Hampton and Vicinity , 514. - Incidents at Hampton , 515. - The Eleventh Indiana Regiment ...
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... When an ancient philosopher wished to inaugurate a revolution , his motto was : To dare ! To dare ! " From that moment , he was zealously engaged in efforts to destroy his Government . 48 EDMUND RUFFIN . - RESIGNATION OF CIVIL OFFICERS .
... When an ancient philosopher wished to inaugurate a revolution , his motto was : To dare ! To dare ! " From that moment , he was zealously engaged in efforts to destroy his Government . 48 EDMUND RUFFIN . - RESIGNATION OF CIVIL OFFICERS .
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