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... Action . - BATTLE OF FORT DONELSON . - Carnage and Scenery of the Battle - field . The Council of the Southern Commanders . - Agreement to surrender . -Escape of Generals Floyd and Pillow . - The Fall of Fort Donelson develops the ...
... Action . - BATTLE OF FORT DONELSON . - Carnage and Scenery of the Battle - field . The Council of the Southern Commanders . - Agreement to surrender . -Escape of Generals Floyd and Pillow . - The Fall of Fort Donelson develops the ...
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... action whatever shall be had thereon . " The resolutions were carried by a vote of 117 yeas to 68 nays . A majority of the Northern members voted against the resolution , although there was then scarcely an avowed Aboli- 16 THE FIRST ...
... action whatever shall be had thereon . " The resolutions were carried by a vote of 117 yeas to 68 nays . A majority of the Northern members voted against the resolution , although there was then scarcely an avowed Aboli- 16 THE FIRST ...
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... action whatever shall be had thereon . " This resolution was presented to the House by Mr. Patton , of Virginia , and was adopted by a vote of 122 to 74 . In the month of January , 1840 , the House of Representa- tives , on motion of Mr ...
... action whatever shall be had thereon . " This resolution was presented to the House by Mr. Patton , of Virginia , and was adopted by a vote of 122 to 74 . In the month of January , 1840 , the House of Representa- tives , on motion of Mr ...
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... action of the Convention in not submitting the entire result of their labors to a vote of the people ; he ex- plained that , when he instructed Governor Walker , in general terms , in favor of submitting the Constitution to the people ...
... action of the Convention in not submitting the entire result of their labors to a vote of the people ; he ex- plained that , when he instructed Governor Walker , in general terms , in favor of submitting the Constitution to the people ...
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... action in the exercise of such lawful authority certainly cannot operate or take effect before their actual admission as a State into the Union . Resolved , further , That the principles enunciated by Chief Justice Taney , in his ...
... action in the exercise of such lawful authority certainly cannot operate or take effect before their actual admission as a State into the Union . Resolved , further , That the principles enunciated by Chief Justice Taney , in his ...
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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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