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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... lands at Annapolis and recovers Mary- land - Her traitorous Legislature . XXX . Secession resumes its march ...... 473 Shameful surrender of the Norfolk Navy Yard- Secession of Virginia - Tennessee - North Caro- lina - Arkansas ...
... lands at Annapolis and recovers Mary- land - Her traitorous Legislature . XXX . Secession resumes its march ...... 473 Shameful surrender of the Norfolk Navy Yard- Secession of Virginia - Tennessee - North Caro- lina - Arkansas ...
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... land ; a coarse and scoffing infidelity had become " That spirit of freedom , which , at the com- mencement of this contest , would have gladly sacrificed every thing to the attainment of its object , has long since subsided , and every ...
... land ; a coarse and scoffing infidelity had become " That spirit of freedom , which , at the com- mencement of this contest , would have gladly sacrificed every thing to the attainment of its object , has long since subsided , and every ...
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... land , about five hundred millions had been divided into farms ; leaving three - fourths of its surface as yet un- improved , though but in part unap- propriated . Its farms were officially estimated as worth six thousand six hundred ...
... land , about five hundred millions had been divided into farms ; leaving three - fourths of its surface as yet un- improved , though but in part unap- propriated . Its farms were officially estimated as worth six thousand six hundred ...
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... land thereby became free . American planters , on their visits to England , seem to have been annoyed by claims of freedom set up on this ground , and that , also , of baptism . To relieve their embarrassments , the merchants concerned ...
... land thereby became free . American planters , on their visits to England , seem to have been annoyed by claims of freedom set up on this ground , and that , also , of baptism . To relieve their embarrassments , the merchants concerned ...
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... land ; entered the British army in 1710 ; and , having resigned on the restoration of peace , was , in 1714 , commended by the great Marlborough to his former associate in command , the famous Prince Eugene of Savoy , by whom he was ...
... land ; entered the British army in 1710 ; and , having resigned on the restoration of peace , was , in 1714 , commended by the great Marlborough to his former associate in command , the famous Prince Eugene of Savoy , by whom he was ...
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