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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... position and due promi- nence , while compressing the whole narrative into a space so small as to make the chronicle accessible to the great body of my coun- trymen . I have endeavored to give a popular narrative of the struggle without ...
... position and due promi- nence , while compressing the whole narrative into a space so small as to make the chronicle accessible to the great body of my coun- trymen . I have endeavored to give a popular narrative of the struggle without ...
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... Position of Louisiana - Doings of her Disloyal Politicians , 180. - Seizure of Forts , and Baton Rouge Arsenal , 181.- The Marine Hospital seized - Secession Convention , 182 , -Slidell's Seditious Letter , 183. - Pelican Flag blessed ...
... Position of Louisiana - Doings of her Disloyal Politicians , 180. - Seizure of Forts , and Baton Rouge Arsenal , 181.- The Marine Hospital seized - Secession Convention , 182 , -Slidell's Seditious Letter , 183. - Pelican Flag blessed ...
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... Position of the President - General Wool's Warning - Firmness of the Union Men in Con- gress , 219. - Jefferson Davis's Proposition to amend the Constitution , 220. - Useless Labors of the two great Committees Senator Clark's ...
... Position of the President - General Wool's Warning - Firmness of the Union Men in Con- gress , 219. - Jefferson Davis's Proposition to amend the Constitution , 220. - Useless Labors of the two great Committees Senator Clark's ...
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... Position of the Kentuckians , 458. - Buckner and the State Guard - His Treason , 459. - Effects of Conditional Unionism , 460. - Missouri State Conven- tion , 461 - The Convention and the Legislature , 463. — Treason of Military and ...
... Position of the Kentuckians , 458. - Buckner and the State Guard - His Treason , 459. - Effects of Conditional Unionism , 460. - Missouri State Conven- tion , 461 - The Convention and the Legislature , 463. — Treason of Military and ...
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... Position of the Union Forces , 581. - Position of the Con- federate Forces , 582. - The Army of the Shenandoah , 5S8 , CHAPTER XXV . BATTLE OF BULL'S RUN . Composition of the opposing Armies , 554-585 - Movements of the National Troops ...
... Position of the Union Forces , 581. - Position of the Con- federate Forces , 582. - The Army of the Shenandoah , 5S8 , CHAPTER XXV . BATTLE OF BULL'S RUN . Composition of the opposing Armies , 554-585 - Movements of the National Troops ...
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