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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... Votes at the Election , 36. - Incendiary Work of Politicians , 37 - The Press and the Pulpit , 88 - Designs of the Oligarchy , 39. - Firing the Southern Heart " —John C. Calhoun , 41. – Virginia Politicians , 42. - Con- spirators in ...
... Votes at the Election , 36. - Incendiary Work of Politicians , 37 - The Press and the Pulpit , 88 - Designs of the Oligarchy , 39. - Firing the Southern Heart " —John C. Calhoun , 41. – Virginia Politicians , 42. - Con- spirators in ...
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... vote of seventeen States ( only tw of them free ) against fifteen States . Recently created Oregon gave the casting vote against it , and , with California , was arrayed on the side of the Slave - labor States . The majority now ...
... vote of seventeen States ( only tw of them free ) against fifteen States . Recently created Oregon gave the casting vote against it , and , with California , was arrayed on the side of the Slave - labor States . The majority now ...
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... vote of the Convention on the resolutions was awaited with the most lively interest . The hour for that decision at length arrived . April , It was on the morning of the 30th . The Hall was densely crowded . A vote was first taken on ...
... vote of the Convention on the resolutions was awaited with the most lively interest . The hour for that decision at length arrived . April , It was on the morning of the 30th . The Hall was densely crowded . A vote was first taken on ...
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... votes were necessary to a choice . Stephen A. Douglas led off with at least fifty less . than the requisite number . There was very little variation as the voting went on . Finally , on the tenth day , when fifty - seven ballotings had ...
... votes were necessary to a choice . Stephen A. Douglas led off with at least fifty less . than the requisite number . There was very little variation as the voting went on . Finally , on the tenth day , when fifty - seven ballotings had ...
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... votes cast , on the second ballot , he received one hundred and eighty- one and a half , when he was declared duly nominated for the Presidency . James Fitzpatrick , of Alabama , was nominated for Vice - presi- dent . Two days afterward ...
... votes cast , on the second ballot , he received one hundred and eighty- one and a half , when he was declared duly nominated for the Presidency . James Fitzpatrick , of Alabama , was nominated for Vice - presi- dent . Two days afterward ...
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