Southern History of the War: The first year of the warC.B. Richardson, 1863 - Confederate States of America |
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... that the South had no means or resources for making a serious resistance to the Federal authority ; and that a rebellion which could at any time be crushed on short notice , might be pleasantly 36 THE FIRST YEAR OF THE WAR .
... that the South had no means or resources for making a serious resistance to the Federal authority ; and that a rebellion which could at any time be crushed on short notice , might be pleasantly 36 THE FIRST YEAR OF THE WAR .
Page 38
... mean time , the seceding States were erecting the structure of a government on the foundation of a new Con- federation of States . A convention of delegates from the six seceding States assembled in Congress at Montgomery , Ala- bama ...
... mean time , the seceding States were erecting the structure of a government on the foundation of a new Con- federation of States . A convention of delegates from the six seceding States assembled in Congress at Montgomery , Ala- bama ...
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... mean time had rapidly gathered , not only in moral power , but in the means of war and the muniments of defence . Fort Moultrie and Castle Pinckney had been captured by the South Carolina troops ; Fort Pulaski , the defence of the ...
... mean time had rapidly gathered , not only in moral power , but in the means of war and the muniments of defence . Fort Moultrie and Castle Pinckney had been captured by the South Carolina troops ; Fort Pulaski , the defence of the ...
Page 46
... means desperate . There was a balance in the Treasury of six millions , applicable to current expenses ; the receipts from customs were estimated at eighty thousand dollars per day ; and it was thought that a loan would not be called ...
... means desperate . There was a balance in the Treasury of six millions , applicable to current expenses ; the receipts from customs were estimated at eighty thousand dollars per day ; and it was thought that a loan would not be called ...
Page 47
... mean time the military status of the United States in the South would not be disturbed . Judge Campbell , of the Supreme Court , had consented to be the intermediary of these verbal conferences . When the sequel of the perfidy of the ...
... mean time the military status of the United States in the South would not be disturbed . Judge Campbell , of the Supreme Court , had consented to be the intermediary of these verbal conferences . When the sequel of the perfidy of the ...
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