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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... important , and interesting material not contained in The Record . I shall doubtless appear to have made more use of Mr. Edward A. Pollard's Southern History of the War ; which I have often cited , and shall continue to cite , for ...
... important , and interesting material not contained in The Record . I shall doubtless appear to have made more use of Mr. Edward A. Pollard's Southern History of the War ; which I have often cited , and shall continue to cite , for ...
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... important in their day and sphere respectively , the two or three thousand that have an abiding and general interest , presenting these in their due proportions , and with their proper relative emphasis . Any success in this task must ...
... important in their day and sphere respectively , the two or three thousand that have an abiding and general interest , presenting these in their due proportions , and with their proper relative emphasis . Any success in this task must ...
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... important and integral portion of our case . Even divested of this , the Declaration stands to - day an evidence that our fathers regarded the rule of Great Britain as no more destructive to their own rights than to the rights of ...
... important and integral portion of our case . Even divested of this , the Declaration stands to - day an evidence that our fathers regarded the rule of Great Britain as no more destructive to their own rights than to the rights of ...
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... importance not antici- pated at the time of its occurrence ; and these reminiscences are not free from the suspicion of having been In the debate of Wednesday , August 8 , on the adoption of the report of the Committee , " Mr. RUFUS ...
... importance not antici- pated at the time of its occurrence ; and these reminiscences are not free from the suspicion of having been In the debate of Wednesday , August 8 , on the adoption of the report of the Committee , " Mr. RUFUS ...
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... importance , first attracted and fixed the attention of mankind , and shall , therefore , be first considered . The river Mississippi was first dis- covered in 1541 , by the Spanish adventurer De Soto , in the course of his three or ...
... importance , first attracted and fixed the attention of mankind , and shall , therefore , be first considered . The river Mississippi was first dis- covered in 1541 , by the Spanish adventurer De Soto , in the course of his three or ...
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