The History of the Civil War in America: Comprising a Full and Impartial Account of the Origin and Progress of the Rebellion, of the Various Naval and Military Engagements, of the Heroic Deeds Performed by Armies and Individuals, and of Touching Scenes in the Field, the Camp, the Hospital, and the Cabin, Volume 1Gurdon Bill, 1866 - United States |
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... morning till night , and from youth till old age and death , that her aristocratic sister , very probably in blood relationship her half - sister , the child of the same father , might thus cultivate her mind and decorate her person ...
... morning till night , and from youth till old age and death , that her aristocratic sister , very probably in blood relationship her half - sister , the child of the same father , might thus cultivate her mind and decorate her person ...
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... morning and evening prayer was ever heard in his dwelling . On the Sabbath , in accordance with the usages of the Methodist persua- sion , to which he belonged , he was in the habit of preaching to the colored people in his vicinity ...
... morning and evening prayer was ever heard in his dwelling . On the Sabbath , in accordance with the usages of the Methodist persua- sion , to which he belonged , he was in the habit of preaching to the colored people in his vicinity ...
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... morning . ' " Such was the state of the case , " continued the gentleman , " when I left home this morning . " What has become of this unhappy man I do not know . If the spirit of the slave code has been carried out , he and his wife ...
... morning . ' " Such was the state of the case , " continued the gentleman , " when I left home this morning . " What has become of this unhappy man I do not know . If the spirit of the slave code has been carried out , he and his wife ...
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... morning of the 9th of January , when the steamer approached the harbor . As they were moving rapidly along in the channel , about half a mile from Morris Island , a masked battery suddenly opened fire upon them . The heavy shot fell ...
... morning of the 9th of January , when the steamer approached the harbor . As they were moving rapidly along in the channel , about half a mile from Morris Island , a masked battery suddenly opened fire upon them . The heavy shot fell ...
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... morning . Mr. Lincoln did not find it necessary to assume any disguise , but journeyed in his ordinary traveling dress . The IIon . Mr. Washburn of Illinois , who had been privately informed of the arrangement , was at the station to ...
... morning . Mr. Lincoln did not find it necessary to assume any disguise , but journeyed in his ordinary traveling dress . The IIon . Mr. Washburn of Illinois , who had been privately informed of the arrangement , was at the station to ...
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