Abraham Lincoln and His Presidency, Volume 2Robert Clarke Company, 1904 |
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... position already so burdensome , and promising to become much more so , is not a very essential question ; yet it appears that he had for some time past been desirous of taking refuge in a diplomatic station . Secretary Chase , who had ...
... position already so burdensome , and promising to become much more so , is not a very essential question ; yet it appears that he had for some time past been desirous of taking refuge in a diplomatic station . Secretary Chase , who had ...
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... position for which , at the best , he was not specially fitted . At the time he became a member of Lincoln's Cabinet , he had not been ac- cused of improperly using public funds , whatever he had done with his own ; yet there were ...
... position for which , at the best , he was not specially fitted . At the time he became a member of Lincoln's Cabinet , he had not been ac- cused of improperly using public funds , whatever he had done with his own ; yet there were ...
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... position between McClernand and Smith , closing up the lines more effectually . On the 14th , Foote moved up and engaged the water batteries . An hour's cannonading drove most of the Confederate gunners from their pieces , on the river ...
... position between McClernand and Smith , closing up the lines more effectually . On the 14th , Foote moved up and engaged the water batteries . An hour's cannonading drove most of the Confederate gunners from their pieces , on the river ...
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... position from which he could not be dislodged . Thus ended nine hours ' fighting . Floyd , availing himself of the slight means of river transportation at command , fled toward Nashville that night , taking with him as many Virginia ...
... position from which he could not be dislodged . Thus ended nine hours ' fighting . Floyd , availing himself of the slight means of river transportation at command , fled toward Nashville that night , taking with him as many Virginia ...
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... position he had chosen . He arrived at Corinth , Miss . , on the 25th of March , joining Beau- regard , who had gathered an army there , consisting of the men he had taken from Manassas ; of Polk's force , that retired from Columbus on ...
... position he had chosen . He arrived at Corinth , Miss . , on the 25th of March , joining Beau- regard , who had gathered an army there , consisting of the men he had taken from Manassas ; of Polk's force , that retired from Columbus on ...
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