Pictorial History of the Civil War in the United States of America, Volume 2T. Belknap, 1874 - United States |
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... whole cata- logue of penal laws to fight this battle with ? Arms more impotent were never resorted to . They are beneath the dignity of our great cause . They are outside of the policy which ought to control this Government , and lead ...
... whole cata- logue of penal laws to fight this battle with ? Arms more impotent were never resorted to . They are beneath the dignity of our great cause . They are outside of the policy which ought to control this Government , and lead ...
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... whole country to be laid waste , " he said , " Sir , war is a grievous thing at best , and civil war more than any other ; but if they hold this language , and the means which they have suggested must be resorted to , if their whole ...
... whole country to be laid waste , " he said , " Sir , war is a grievous thing at best , and civil war more than any other ; but if they hold this language , and the means which they have suggested must be resorted to , if their whole ...
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... whole world for the Southern States . To such views Mr. Petti- gru was unalterably opposed . He was convinced that war , anarchy , military despotism would inevitably fol- low a dissolution of the Union ; that secession would impart to ...
... whole world for the Southern States . To such views Mr. Petti- gru was unalterably opposed . He was convinced that war , anarchy , military despotism would inevitably fol- low a dissolution of the Union ; that secession would impart to ...
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... whole force crossed the river , by means of a single scow , by ten o'clock on the 8th . In the mean time , two companies of cavalry , who crossed on the evening of the 7th , had pushed forward to gain the ferry on the Osage , twenty ...
... whole force crossed the river , by means of a single scow , by ten o'clock on the 8th . In the mean time , two companies of cavalry , who crossed on the evening of the 7th , had pushed forward to gain the ferry on the Osage , twenty ...
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... whole force , full twenty thousand strong , in fine spirits , moved toward Springfield , expecting to meet Lyon eight miles dis- tant from their camp , where there were strong natural defenses . They approached the position cautiously ...
... whole force , full twenty thousand strong , in fine spirits , moved toward Springfield , expecting to meet Lyon eight miles dis- tant from their camp , where there were strong natural defenses . They approached the position cautiously ...
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arms army arrived artillery attack Banks battery battle Beauregard brigade British Buell camp cannon Captain capture cavalry Colonel command composed Confede Confederates conspirators Corinth Creek Cumberland Cumberland River defense dispatch division Donelson enemy expedition Ferry fight fire flag flank fled fleet flotilla force Fort Donelson Fort Henry Fort Jackson forward Fremont front Government Grant gun-boats Halleck head-quarters heavy guns Heintzelman hundred infantry insurgents intrenchments Island Number Jackson John Johnston Kentucky killed land large number latter Leesburg Lieutenant Manassas McClellan McClernand ment miles military Mississippi Missouri morning moved movement Nashville National troops Navy night North Carolina o'clock officers Ohio Orleans Pope position Potomac prisoners railway re-enforcements rear regiment Richmond river road Roanoke Roanoke Island Secretary Secretary of War sent shell shore shot Sigel soldiers soon steamer surrender Tennessee Tennessee River thousand Union vessels victory Virginia Washington William wounded