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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... 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 much criticism , and as free from technical terms and ...
... 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 much criticism , and as free from technical terms and ...
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... whole matter to the Convention . Itwas claimed , that the sece ding delegates had a right to re - enter the Convention if they chose to do so . This right was denied , and the language of the resolution respecting the adjournment at ...
... whole matter to the Convention . Itwas claimed , that the sece ding delegates had a right to re - enter the Convention if they chose to do so . This right was denied , and the language of the resolution respecting the adjournment at ...
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... whole matter . " Mr. Cobb believes that the time is come for resistance ; that upon the election of Lincoln , Georgia ought to secede from the Union , and that she will do so . That Georgia and every other State should , as far as seces ...
... whole matter . " Mr. Cobb believes that the time is come for resistance ; that upon the election of Lincoln , Georgia ought to secede from the Union , and that she will do so . That Georgia and every other State should , as far as seces ...
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... whole military force of the Common- wealth " in a position to be used at the shortest notice , and with the great- est efficiency . " He also recommended the immediate acceptance of ten thousand volunteers , to be officered and drilled ...
... whole military force of the Common- wealth " in a position to be used at the shortest notice , and with the great- est efficiency . " He also recommended the immediate acceptance of ten thousand volunteers , to be officered and drilled ...
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... whole social fabric . The Legislature was divided in sentiment ; and a majority of them did not coincide with the Speaker , who , in opening the session , declared that the triumph of the Republican party would lead to a nullification ...
... whole social fabric . The Legislature was divided in sentiment ; and a majority of them did not coincide with the Speaker , who , in opening the session , declared that the triumph of the Republican party would lead to a nullification ...
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