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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Page 64
... miles and upward . This is upward of 200,000 square miles more than was included within the limits of the original thir- teen States . It is an area of country more than double the territory of France or the Austrian em- Comptroller ...
... miles and upward . This is upward of 200,000 square miles more than was included within the limits of the original thir- teen States . It is an area of country more than double the territory of France or the Austrian em- Comptroller ...
Page 86
... miles . They left eight dead upon the field . Union loss three killed and fifteen wounded . This engagement is variously called the battle of Martinsburg , Hokes Run , and Haynesville . -The new Virginia Legislature organized at ...
... miles . They left eight dead upon the field . Union loss three killed and fifteen wounded . This engagement is variously called the battle of Martinsburg , Hokes Run , and Haynesville . -The new Virginia Legislature organized at ...
Page 97
... miles , and an attack upon a city of two hundred thousand inhabitants , at the beginning of the march . The only way , therefore , of getting communication with Washington for troops from the North , is over the Baltimore and Ohio ...
... miles , and an attack upon a city of two hundred thousand inhabitants , at the beginning of the march . The only way , therefore , of getting communication with Washington for troops from the North , is over the Baltimore and Ohio ...
Page 125
... miles of the wilderness into cultivated lands , covered with a prosperous people ; towns and cities had sprung into existence , and had rapidly increased in wealth and population under the social system of the South ; the white ...
... miles of the wilderness into cultivated lands , covered with a prosperous people ; towns and cities had sprung into existence , and had rapidly increased in wealth and population under the social system of the South ; the white ...
Page 128
... miles . He terms sovereign States ' combinations too power- ful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings , or by the powers vested in the marshals by law . ' He calls for an army of seventy - five thou- sand men ...
... miles . He terms sovereign States ' combinations too power- ful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings , or by the powers vested in the marshals by law . ' He calls for an army of seventy - five thou- sand men ...
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