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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... give a clear though necessarily condensed account , from the open- ing of the year 1862 down to the final and complete overthrow of the Confederacy . That all his judgments will be concurred in by every reader , the author has no right ...
... give a clear though necessarily condensed account , from the open- ing of the year 1862 down to the final and complete overthrow of the Confederacy . That all his judgments will be concurred in by every reader , the author has no right ...
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... give accounts of simul- taneous movements or campaigns in distant regions , between other armies , led by other commanders . In my historical reading , I have often been perplexed and confused by the facility wherewith chroniclers leap ...
... give accounts of simul- taneous movements or campaigns in distant regions , between other armies , led by other commanders . In my historical reading , I have often been perplexed and confused by the facility wherewith chroniclers leap ...
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... give time to these which others have devoted to more elaborate and florid descriptions of great battles . It has been my aim to compress within the allotted space the greatest number of notable facts and circumstances ; others must ...
... give time to these which others have devoted to more elaborate and florid descriptions of great battles . It has been my aim to compress within the allotted space the greatest number of notable facts and circumstances ; others must ...
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... give countenance to the de- mand for capitulation . It was fairly stipulated in writing between the contracting parties , that our troops should simply evacuate Texas , march- ing to and embarking at the coast , where their artillery ...
... give countenance to the de- mand for capitulation . It was fairly stipulated in writing between the contracting parties , that our troops should simply evacuate Texas , march- ing to and embarking at the coast , where their artillery ...
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... give notice to Capt . Hatch , com- manding at Albuquerque , to Capt . Morris , who held Fort Craig , and other loyal officers , of the treachery of their superiors , and the duty in- cumbent on them of resisting it . cret organization ...
... give notice to Capt . Hatch , com- manding at Albuquerque , to Capt . Morris , who held Fort Craig , and other loyal officers , of the treachery of their superiors , and the duty in- cumbent on them of resisting it . cret organization ...
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