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Page 16
... troops which had been sent to Pensacola in January by Mr. Buchanan , but never landed , should be placed in Fort Pickens . As this order went by sea , it was necessarily some time before it arrived . Night and day during this interval ...
... troops which had been sent to Pensacola in January by Mr. Buchanan , but never landed , should be placed in Fort Pickens . As this order went by sea , it was necessarily some time before it arrived . Night and day during this interval ...
Page 36
... troops . In Virginia a convention was in session , whose members up to that day were in the main for the Union . On April 17 that conven- tion passed an ordinance of secession . The next day the arsenal at Harper's Ferry was seized by ...
... troops . In Virginia a convention was in session , whose members up to that day were in the main for the Union . On April 17 that conven- tion passed an ordinance of secession . The next day the arsenal at Harper's Ferry was seized by ...
Page 37
... troops should go through Maryland , " the people of Baltimore declared , " whose purpose was to invade Virginia and ... troops through their city . After a long discussion , he sent them away with a note to the Maryland authorities ...
... troops should go through Maryland , " the people of Baltimore declared , " whose purpose was to invade Virginia and ... troops through their city . After a long discussion , he sent them away with a note to the Maryland authorities ...
Page 38
... troops ; and as they can neither crawl under Maryland nor fly over it , they must come across it . " ،، While the controversy with the Baltimoreans was going on , the condition of Washington had become hourly more alarming . In 1861 ...
... troops ; and as they can neither crawl under Maryland nor fly over it , they must come across it . " ،، While the controversy with the Baltimoreans was going on , the condition of Washington had become hourly more alarming . In 1861 ...
Page 39
... is the sign of a soul not easily perturbed . I came away from his presence cheered and encouraged . " However , the suspense of the days when the Capital was isolated , the expected troops THE BEGINNING OF CIVIL WAR 39.
... is the sign of a soul not easily perturbed . I came away from his presence cheered and encouraged . " However , the suspense of the days when the Capital was isolated , the expected troops THE BEGINNING OF CIVIL WAR 39.
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