The History, Civil, Political and Military, of the Southern Rebellion: From Its Incipient Stages to Its Close. Comprehending, Also, All Important State Papers, Ordinances of Secession, Proclamations, Proceedings of Congress, Official Reports of Commanders, Etc., Etc, Volume 2J.D. Torrey, 1861 - United States |
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... battery . Business has been suspended , and fearful excitement prevails . Gen. Beauregard has ordered out 5,000 more troops . Companies of volunteers are constantly arriving and being put in position in the harbor . New batteries are ...
... battery . Business has been suspended , and fearful excitement prevails . Gen. Beauregard has ordered out 5,000 more troops . Companies of volunteers are constantly arriving and being put in position in the harbor . New batteries are ...
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... batteries would open fire on him in one hour from that time . -Fire opened on Sumter from all the rebel bat- teries , fortifications , and the floating battery - the first gun being fired at 4. 30 A. M. Anderson re- turned the fire soon ...
... batteries would open fire on him in one hour from that time . -Fire opened on Sumter from all the rebel bat- teries , fortifications , and the floating battery - the first gun being fired at 4. 30 A. M. Anderson re- turned the fire soon ...
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... battery followed ; then Fort Moul- will abstain from opening fire upon you . Colonel trie answered with the thunder of a colum- Chesnut and Captain Lee are authorized by me to biad ; Cumming's Point next , and the FORT SUMTER AT REST ...
... battery followed ; then Fort Moul- will abstain from opening fire upon you . Colonel trie answered with the thunder of a colum- Chesnut and Captain Lee are authorized by me to biad ; Cumming's Point next , and the FORT SUMTER AT REST ...
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... battery , dropped in their resonant | ming's Point iron battery , notes ; then a pause , but only for a moment . A roar of fifty guns burst in concert , a cho- rus to the solemn prelude which must have startled the spirits of the ...
... battery , dropped in their resonant | ming's Point iron battery , notes ; then a pause , but only for a moment . A roar of fifty guns burst in concert , a cho- rus to the solemn prelude which must have startled the spirits of the ...
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... battery . " Another officer present thus recorded the nature and effect of that literal rain of iron which , all the day long ( Friday ) , poured in upon the still defiant walls : " Shells burst with the greatest rapidity in every ...
... battery . " Another officer present thus recorded the nature and effect of that literal rain of iron which , all the day long ( Friday ) , poured in upon the still defiant walls : " Shells burst with the greatest rapidity in every ...
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