Southern History of the War: The first year of the warC.B. Richardson, 1863 - Confederate States of America |
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Page 42
... railroad watched his progress to the capital , he amused the whole country , even in the midst of a great public anxiety , with his ignorance , his vulgarity , his flippant conceit , and his Western phraseology . The North discovered ...
... railroad watched his progress to the capital , he amused the whole country , even in the midst of a great public anxiety , with his ignorance , his vulgarity , his flippant conceit , and his Western phraseology . The North discovered ...
Page 64
... railroad track , until for a mile it was black with the excited , rushing mass . The crowd , as they went , filled the track with obstructions ; the police who , throughout the whole affair , had contended for order with the most ...
... railroad track , until for a mile it was black with the excited , rushing mass . The crowd , as they went , filled the track with obstructions ; the police who , throughout the whole affair , had contended for order with the most ...
Page 80
... railroad ; and with verbal orders to try to conciliate the people of that section , and to do nothing to offend them . Finding , soon after his arrival , that the country was in a state of revolution , and that there was a large and ...
... railroad ; and with verbal orders to try to conciliate the people of that section , and to do nothing to offend them . Finding , soon after his arrival , that the country was in a state of revolution , and that there was a large and ...
Page 82
... railroad bridge across the Potomac - one of the most superb structures of its kind on the continent - was set on fire at its northern end , while about four hundred feet at its south- ern extremity was blown up , to prevent the flames ...
... railroad bridge across the Potomac - one of the most superb structures of its kind on the continent - was set on fire at its northern end , while about four hundred feet at its south- ern extremity was blown up , to prevent the flames ...
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... railroad , was fought the gallant action of the 18th of July . It is a small stream , running in this locality , nearly from west to east , to its confluence with the Occoquan River , about twelve miles from the Potomac , and draining a ...
... railroad , was fought the gallant action of the 18th of July . It is a small stream , running in this locality , nearly from west to east , to its confluence with the Occoquan River , about twelve miles from the Potomac , and draining a ...
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