Abraham Lincoln and His Presidency, Volume 2Robert Clarke Company, 1904 |
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... began January 20 , 1862 - the day after the battle of Mill Springs , and before its results were known at Washington . His nomination had been sent to the Senate on the 13th and promptly confirmed . The statements and counter ...
... began January 20 , 1862 - the day after the battle of Mill Springs , and before its results were known at Washington . His nomination had been sent to the Senate on the 13th and promptly confirmed . The statements and counter ...
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... began his professional career at Steu- benville and later had law - offices in Pittsburg and Washington . Always hitherto a Democrat in politics , in 1860 he was as positive a supporter of Breckinridge for the Presidency as Jeremiah S ...
... began his professional career at Steu- benville and later had law - offices in Pittsburg and Washington . Always hitherto a Democrat in politics , in 1860 he was as positive a supporter of Breckinridge for the Presidency as Jeremiah S ...
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... began on the 2d of February . After severe fight- ing , in which there were serious casualties to the fleet , Fort Henry was surrendered to Flag - officer Foote on the 6th , and Grant , whose men had been detained by fogs and floods ...
... began on the 2d of February . After severe fight- ing , in which there were serious casualties to the fleet , Fort Henry was surrendered to Flag - officer Foote on the 6th , and Grant , whose men had been detained by fogs and floods ...
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... began to drift down stream . Not one of the ironclads had escaped injury ; there had been a loss of fifty - four men , killed or wounded ; the heavy guns of the upper batteries were brought to bear on the assailants with destructive ...
... began to drift down stream . Not one of the ironclads had escaped injury ; there had been a loss of fifty - four men , killed or wounded ; the heavy guns of the upper batteries were brought to bear on the assailants with destructive ...
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... began siege on the 3d of March , without help from Foote's gunboats , which were detained above by the batteries of Island Number Ten . General Polk , evac- uating Columbus after the fall of Fort Donelson , had retired with part of his ...
... began siege on the 3d of March , without help from Foote's gunboats , which were detained above by the batteries of Island Number Ten . General Polk , evac- uating Columbus after the fall of Fort Donelson , had retired with part of his ...
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