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... Sumter . - Perfidy of the Federal Government . - Excitement in Charleston . - Reduction of Fort Sumter by the Confederate Forces . - How the News was received in Wash- ington . - Lincoln's Calculation . - His Proclamation of WAR . - The ...
... Sumter . - Perfidy of the Federal Government . - Excitement in Charleston . - Reduction of Fort Sumter by the Confederate Forces . - How the News was received in Wash- ington . - Lincoln's Calculation . - His Proclamation of WAR . - The ...
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... Sumter , with a view of strengthening his po- sition . On the 30th of December , John B. Floyd , Secretary of War , resigned his office , because President Buchanan refused to order Major Anderson back to Fort Moultrie - Mr . Floyd ...
... Sumter , with a view of strengthening his po- sition . On the 30th of December , John B. Floyd , Secretary of War , resigned his office , because President Buchanan refused to order Major Anderson back to Fort Moultrie - Mr . Floyd ...
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... Sumter , under the specious plea of provisioning a “ starv- ing garrison ; " and when the Federal steamship , the Star of the West , which was sent on this mission , was , on the 9th of January , driven off Charleston harbor by the ...
... Sumter , under the specious plea of provisioning a “ starv- ing garrison ; " and when the Federal steamship , the Star of the West , which was sent on this mission , was , on the 9th of January , driven off Charleston harbor by the ...
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... Sumter . - Perfidy of the Federal Government .-- Excitement in Charleston . - Reduction of Fort Sumter by the Confederate Forces . - How the News was received in Wash- ington . - Lincoln's Calculation . - His Proclamation of WAR . - The ...
... Sumter . - Perfidy of the Federal Government .-- Excitement in Charleston . - Reduction of Fort Sumter by the Confederate Forces . - How the News was received in Wash- ington . - Lincoln's Calculation . - His Proclamation of WAR . - The ...
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... Sumter . But Mr. Lincoln's fears for his personal safety evidently did not subside with his attainment of the refuges of Washington . A story was published seriously in a New York paper , that at the moment of his inauguration he was to ...
... Sumter . But Mr. Lincoln's fears for his personal safety evidently did not subside with his attainment of the refuges of Washington . A story was published seriously in a New York paper , that at the moment of his inauguration he was to ...
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Southern History of the War: The Third Year of the War Edward Alfred Pollard No preview available - 2016 |
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