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... Fort Sumter . Again , I do not perceive how the reinforcement of Fort Sumter would be done on a slavery or a party issue , while that of Fort Pickens would be on a more national and patriotic one . The news received yesterday in regard ...
... Fort Sumter . Again , I do not perceive how the reinforcement of Fort Sumter would be done on a slavery or a party issue , while that of Fort Pickens would be on a more national and patriotic one . The news received yesterday in regard ...
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... Fort Sumter . Drafted by the President and signed by the Secretary of War , it bore an indorsement in Lincoln's handwriting read- ing , " This was sent by Captain Talbot on April 6 , 1861 , to be delivered to Major Anderson , if ...
... Fort Sumter . Drafted by the President and signed by the Secretary of War , it bore an indorsement in Lincoln's handwriting read- ing , " This was sent by Captain Talbot on April 6 , 1861 , to be delivered to Major Anderson , if ...
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... Fort Sumter , that won for Lincoln the loyal devotion and supreme efforts of his commanders . LETTER TO GUSTAVUS V. FOX M Y DEAR SIR : Washington , May 1 , 1861 I sincerely regret that the failure of the late attempt to provision Fort ...
... Fort Sumter , that won for Lincoln the loyal devotion and supreme efforts of his commanders . LETTER TO GUSTAVUS V. FOX M Y DEAR SIR : Washington , May 1 , 1861 I sincerely regret that the failure of the late attempt to provision Fort ...
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