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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... passed unheeded by other historians , on the assumption that , as they did not perceptibly affect the great issue , they are unworthy of record . But the nature and extent of that influence is matter of opinion , while the qualities ...
... passed unheeded by other historians , on the assumption that , as they did not perceptibly affect the great issue , they are unworthy of record . But the nature and extent of that influence is matter of opinion , while the qualities ...
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... passed an ordinance of Secession , subject to a vote of the people at an election to be held on the 231 iast .; the ordi- nance , if approved , to take effect on the 2d of March . Texas was therefore still in the Union , even according ...
... passed an ordinance of Secession , subject to a vote of the people at an election to be held on the 231 iast .; the ordi- nance , if approved , to take effect on the 2d of March . Texas was therefore still in the Union , even according ...
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... passing along a single mud road , accompanied by 55,000 infantry and chives and treasure , betook them- selves ... passed were left full of sick men ; and many were sent off to hospitals at some distance from our route . " Pollard ...
... passing along a single mud road , accompanied by 55,000 infantry and chives and treasure , betook them- selves ... passed were left full of sick men ; and many were sent off to hospitals at some distance from our route . " Pollard ...
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... passed through her steam - drum , filling the vessel in- stantly with the scalding vapor . Of the 175 persons on board , barely 23 escaped injury . Many jumped over- board , frantic with pain , and were drowned ; while the boats sent ...
... passed through her steam - drum , filling the vessel in- stantly with the scalding vapor . Of the 175 persons on board , barely 23 escaped injury . Many jumped over- board , frantic with pain , and were drowned ; while the boats sent ...
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... " when over 2,000 of our men in one body were line of battle , the Rebels having flanked and passed on beyond him . 63 hurried to the Rebel rear as prisoners , and. 62 THE AMERICAN CONFLICT . ANDREW JOHNSON, President THADDEUS STEVENS, 752.
... " when over 2,000 of our men in one body were line of battle , the Rebels having flanked and passed on beyond him . 63 hurried to the Rebel rear as prisoners , and. 62 THE AMERICAN CONFLICT . ANDREW JOHNSON, President THADDEUS STEVENS, 752.
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