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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... Peace Convention proposed- Attitude of Virginia - Virginia Conspirators in Congress - Position of Maryland , 195 - Action of Governor Hicks , 196 - He is denounced as a * Traitor to the South , " 197 - Loyal Action of Delaware and North ...
... Peace Convention proposed- Attitude of Virginia - Virginia Conspirators in Congress - Position of Maryland , 195 - Action of Governor Hicks , 196 - He is denounced as a * Traitor to the South , " 197 - Loyal Action of Delaware and North ...
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... Peace Conference , 243. - Tyler's Treachery - General Scott's Desire for Peace indicated , 244 - IIis Letter to Mr. Seward - Professor Morse's Plan for Reconciliation , 245. - Meeting of Conspirators at Montgomery , 248. - Policy of ...
... Peace Conference , 243. - Tyler's Treachery - General Scott's Desire for Peace indicated , 244 - IIis Letter to Mr. Seward - Professor Morse's Plan for Reconciliation , 245. - Meeting of Conspirators at Montgomery , 248. - Policy of ...
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... peace and harmony of the country ; that the normal condition of all the territory of the United States is that of freedom , and that neither Congress , nor a Territorial legisla- ture , nor any individuals , have authority to give legal ...
... peace and harmony of the country ; that the normal condition of all the territory of the United States is that of freedom , and that neither Congress , nor a Territorial legisla- ture , nor any individuals , have authority to give legal ...
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... peace of the Union ; and then they went back , with treason in their hearts and falsehoods upon their lips , to deceive and arouse into rebellion the masses of the Southern people , who regarded them as oracles . Like an incar- nation ...
... peace of the Union ; and then they went back , with treason in their hearts and falsehoods upon their lips , to deceive and arouse into rebellion the masses of the Southern people , who regarded them as oracles . Like an incar- nation ...
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... peace and tranquillity , accompanied with unbounded prosperity and rights unassailed - is the hight of madness , folly , and wickedness , to which I can neither lend my sanction nor my vote . " A month later , he was Vice - President of ...
... peace and tranquillity , accompanied with unbounded prosperity and rights unassailed - is the hight of madness , folly , and wickedness , to which I can neither lend my sanction nor my vote . " A month later , he was Vice - President of ...
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