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Page 44
... morning of the fourth of March - at length arrived . Mr. Lincoln was dressed in a suit of black for the occasion , and , at the instance of his friends , had submitted to the offices of a hair - dresser . He entered the barouche that ...
... morning of the fourth of March - at length arrived . Mr. Lincoln was dressed in a suit of black for the occasion , and , at the instance of his friends , had submitted to the offices of a hair - dresser . He entered the barouche that ...
Page 52
... morning the steam - cutter Harriet Lane , Captain J. Faunce , eight guns and one hundred men , sailed for Charleston harbor . Late at night , the trans- port Baltic , with twenty surf - boats , stores , and two hundred recruits from ...
... morning the steam - cutter Harriet Lane , Captain J. Faunce , eight guns and one hundred men , sailed for Charleston harbor . Late at night , the trans- port Baltic , with twenty surf - boats , stores , and two hundred recruits from ...
Page 54
... morning , fire was opened upon Fort Sumter . The firing was deliberate , and was continned , without interruption , for twelve hours . The iron battery at Cumming's Point did the most effective service , perceptibly injuring the walls ...
... morning , fire was opened upon Fort Sumter . The firing was deliberate , and was continned , without interruption , for twelve hours . The iron battery at Cumming's Point did the most effective service , perceptibly injuring the walls ...
Page 75
... morning , Col. Ellsworth , who , with his Fire Zouaves , had entered the town , observed a Confederate flag floating from the top of an hotel called the Marshall House , and attended by a squad of his men , determined to secure it as ...
... morning , Col. Ellsworth , who , with his Fire Zouaves , had entered the town , observed a Confederate flag floating from the top of an hotel called the Marshall House , and attended by a squad of his men , determined to secure it as ...
Page 81
... morning of the 13th of June , information was received from Winchester that Rom- ney was occupied by two thousand Federal troops , supposed to be the vanguard of McClellan's army . A detachment was dispatched by railway to check the ...
... morning of the 13th of June , information was received from Winchester that Rom- ney was occupied by two thousand Federal troops , supposed to be the vanguard of McClellan's army . A detachment was dispatched by railway to check the ...
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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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