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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... letters , an amount of time and thought which I could not have commanded , unless I had been able to de- vote years , instead of months only , to the preparation of this volume . I know , at least , what History is , and how it must be ...
... letters , an amount of time and thought which I could not have commanded , unless I had been able to de- vote years , instead of months only , to the preparation of this volume . I know , at least , what History is , and how it must be ...
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... Letter to the President -Proclaims Martial Law - Mulligan besieged at Lexington - Surrenders - Price retreats- Fremont pursues - Zagonyi's Charge at Spring- field - Fremont superseded - Halleck in com- mand - Battle of Belmont . XXXVI ...
... Letter to the President -Proclaims Martial Law - Mulligan besieged at Lexington - Surrenders - Price retreats- Fremont pursues - Zagonyi's Charge at Spring- field - Fremont superseded - Halleck in com- mand - Battle of Belmont . XXXVI ...
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... letters of Washington ' and his compatriots bear testimony to the wide - spread prevalence of venality and corruption ... Letter to Henry Laurens , July 10 ( 1782 ) . Shoddy , " it seems , dates away hack of 1861 . แ 4 -OUR COUNTRY AFTER ...
... letters of Washington ' and his compatriots bear testimony to the wide - spread prevalence of venality and corruption ... Letter to Henry Laurens , July 10 ( 1782 ) . Shoddy , " it seems , dates away hack of 1861 . แ 4 -OUR COUNTRY AFTER ...
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... that the capital mistake of him . It is none the less true , how- Rob Roy was his failure to compre- ever , that ancient civilization , in its 1 In a letter on Copyright . ORIGIN OF NEGRO SLAVERY IN AMERICA . indelibly soiled and.
... that the capital mistake of him . It is none the less true , how- Rob Roy was his failure to compre- ever , that ancient civilization , in its 1 In a letter on Copyright . ORIGIN OF NEGRO SLAVERY IN AMERICA . indelibly soiled and.
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... letter explaining and justifying his resolution to stand or fall with the cause of American Independence , in which he said : " You know , my dear son , I abhor Slavery . I was born in a country where Slavery had been established by ...
... letter explaining and justifying his resolution to stand or fall with the cause of American Independence , in which he said : " You know , my dear son , I abhor Slavery . I was born in a country where Slavery had been established by ...
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