The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860 - '65 : Its Causes, Incidents, and Results Intended to Exhibit Especially Its Moral and Political Phases, with the Drift and Progress of American Opinion Respecting Human Slavery from 1776 to the Close of the War for the Union. II |
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... bridge- burning within the Union lines - a threat which the guerrillas habitually defied , and President Lincoln declined to make good . GEN . STERLING PRICE was a good | thereupon issued an order , threaten- deal less indignant than ...
... bridge- burning within the Union lines - a threat which the guerrillas habitually defied , and President Lincoln declined to make good . GEN . STERLING PRICE was a good | thereupon issued an order , threaten- deal less indignant than ...
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... bridge near Benton on the way . The wholly un- expected appearance of the National flag in North Alabama , where slaves were comparatively few , and at least three - fourths of the people had stub- bornly opposed Secession , was a wel ...
... bridge near Benton on the way . The wholly un- expected appearance of the National flag in North Alabama , where slaves were comparatively few , and at least three - fourths of the people had stub- bornly opposed Secession , was a wel ...
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... bridge over Duck river at Columbia ; which place Gen. B. himself left with his rear division on the 2d of April ; reaching Savannah with his advance division , Gen. Nelson's , on the even- ing of the 5th : the remaining di- visions were ...
... bridge over Duck river at Columbia ; which place Gen. B. himself left with his rear division on the 2d of April ; reaching Savannah with his advance division , Gen. Nelson's , on the even- ing of the 5th : the remaining di- visions were ...
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... bridge over the Trent a sheet of flame , hav- ing been fired by a scow - load of tur- pentine , drifted against it ; and the Rebel troops , with all the locomotives and cars in and about Newbern , on their way inland toward Goldsboro ...
... bridge over the Trent a sheet of flame , hav- ing been fired by a scow - load of tur- pentine , drifted against it ; and the Rebel troops , with all the locomotives and cars in and about Newbern , on their way inland toward Goldsboro ...
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... bridge had been destroyed , and a regiment was found posted on the opposite bank , supporting three pieces of ar- tillery . These were driven off by a charge of the 9th New Jersey , and 1 gun captured ; when , after two or three more ...
... bridge had been destroyed , and a regiment was found posted on the opposite bank , supporting three pieces of ar- tillery . These were driven off by a charge of the 9th New Jersey , and 1 gun captured ; when , after two or three more ...
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