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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... begin the preparation of this work for the 1 See speech of Alexander H. Stephens at Milledgeville , Georgia , November 14 , 1860 , noticed on pages 53 to 57 , Inclusive , of this volume . PREFACE . 5 press until the close of the conflict.
... begin the preparation of this work for the 1 See speech of Alexander H. Stephens at Milledgeville , Georgia , November 14 , 1860 , noticed on pages 53 to 57 , Inclusive , of this volume . PREFACE . 5 press until the close of the conflict.
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... Speech in the Senate , 78 - Crit- tenden's Rebuke - Hale's Defiance , and the Anger of the Conspirators , 79. - Iverson's Treasonable Speech in the Senate , 80. - Speeches of Senators Davis and Wigfall , SL - Cotton proclaimed King , 62 ...
... Speech in the Senate , 78 - Crit- tenden's Rebuke - Hale's Defiance , and the Anger of the Conspirators , 79. - Iverson's Treasonable Speech in the Senate , 80. - Speeches of Senators Davis and Wigfall , SL - Cotton proclaimed King , 62 ...
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... Speeches , 226-227 - Final Action on the Crittenden Compromise - Withdrawal of Disloyal Senators , 228. - Seizure of Arms in New York , 230. - Slidell's last Speech in the Senate , 231. - Senator Benjamin's last Speech in Congress , 232 ...
... Speeches , 226-227 - Final Action on the Crittenden Compromise - Withdrawal of Disloyal Senators , 228. - Seizure of Arms in New York , 230. - Slidell's last Speech in the Senate , 231. - Senator Benjamin's last Speech in Congress , 232 ...
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... Speech , 316. - Beauregard demands the Surrender of Fort Sumter , 317 - Relief Squadron off Charleston Bar , 319 ... Speeches of Representative Democrats elsewhere , 357. - Impressions of an Intelligent Englishman among the Citizens of ...
... Speech , 316. - Beauregard demands the Surrender of Fort Sumter , 317 - Relief Squadron off Charleston Bar , 319 ... Speeches of Representative Democrats elsewhere , 357. - Impressions of an Intelligent Englishman among the Citizens of ...
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... speech , when the Rev. Charles Hanckel , of Charleston , read a prayer , and the Convention proceeded to business . The session of the first day was occupied in the work of organization . It was evident , from the first hour , that the ...
... speech , when the Rev. Charles Hanckel , of Charleston , read a prayer , and the Convention proceeded to business . The session of the first day was occupied in the work of organization . It was evident , from the first hour , that the ...
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