The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-'65; Its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to Exhibit Expecially Its Moral and Political Phases, with the Drift and Progress of American Opinion Respecting Human Slavery, from 1776 to the Close of the War for the Union, Volume 1 |
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... course , in narra- ting the events of the war , draw largely from sources common to all writers on this theme , but especially from The Rebellion Record of Mr. Frank Moore , wherein the documents eluci- PRELIMINARY EGOTISM . 11 dating ...
... course , in narra- ting the events of the war , draw largely from sources common to all writers on this theme , but especially from The Rebellion Record of Mr. Frank Moore , wherein the documents eluci- PRELIMINARY EGOTISM . 11 dating ...
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... course , be comparative and approximate ; and no historical work ever was or will be written whereof a well - informed and competent critic might not forcibly say , ' Why was this fact stated and that omitted ? Why give a page to this ...
... course , be comparative and approximate ; and no historical work ever was or will be written whereof a well - informed and competent critic might not forcibly say , ' Why was this fact stated and that omitted ? Why give a page to this ...
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... course of the Revolution . Intemperance had extended its rav- ages ; profanity and licentiousness had overspread the land ; a coarse and scoffing infidelity had become " That spirit of freedom , which , at the com- mencement of this ...
... course of the Revolution . Intemperance had extended its rav- ages ; profanity and licentiousness had overspread the land ; a coarse and scoffing infidelity had become " That spirit of freedom , which , at the com- mencement of this ...
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... course was more general , less formal , more hearty , more valued , than at present . Friendships were warmer and deeper . Relationship , by blood or by marriage , was more profoundly regarded . Men were not ashamed to own that they ...
... course was more general , less formal , more hearty , more valued , than at present . Friendships were warmer and deeper . Relationship , by blood or by marriage , was more profoundly regarded . Men were not ashamed to own that they ...
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... territory , they founded the city of Savannah in the course of the en- suing month . Oglethorpe , as director and vice - president of the African Company , had previously become acquainted with an African prince , captured and sold into.
... territory , they founded the city of Savannah in the course of the en- suing month . Oglethorpe , as director and vice - president of the African Company , had previously become acquainted with an African prince , captured and sold into.
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