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... troops over Maryland soil to Washington . I brought the troops notwithstanding , and yet there was Union feeling enough left to elect a legislature the next autumn , which in turn elected a very excellent Union United States [ 126 ]
... troops over Maryland soil to Washington . I brought the troops notwithstanding , and yet there was Union feeling enough left to elect a legislature the next autumn , which in turn elected a very excellent Union United States [ 126 ]
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Abraham Lincoln H. Jack Lang. clined , and troops come forward more slowly than ever . This , looked soberly in the face , is not very satisfactory . We have fewer troops in the field at the end of six days than we had at the beginning ...
Abraham Lincoln H. Jack Lang. clined , and troops come forward more slowly than ever . This , looked soberly in the face , is not very satisfactory . We have fewer troops in the field at the end of six days than we had at the beginning ...
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... troops in Massachusetts had been held up and Governor Andrew telegraphed that he could not get " quick work " from the paymasters responsible , Lincoln sent him this sizzling wire . TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR JOHN A. ANDREW LEASE say to these ...
... troops in Massachusetts had been held up and Governor Andrew telegraphed that he could not get " quick work " from the paymasters responsible , Lincoln sent him this sizzling wire . TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR JOHN A. ANDREW LEASE say to these ...
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