The Life of Abraham Lincoln: Drawn from Original Sources and Containing Many Speeches, Letters, and Telegrams Hitherto Unpublished, and Illustrated with Many Reproductions from Original Paintings, Photographs, Etc, Volume 3Lincoln history society, 1909 |
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Page 34
... regiments were forming and that Union mass meetings were in session in halls and churches and public squares . " What portion of the 75,000 militia you call for do you give to Ohio ? We will furnish the largest number you will receive ...
... regiments were forming and that Union mass meetings were in session in halls and churches and public squares . " What portion of the 75,000 militia you call for do you give to Ohio ? We will furnish the largest number you will receive ...
Page 35
... regiments in thirty days if you want them , and 50 , - ooo men if you need them , " telegraphed Zachariah Chandler from Michigan . So rapidly did men come in under this call for 75,000 , that in spite of the efforts of the War De ...
... regiments in thirty days if you want them , and 50 , - ooo men if you need them , " telegraphed Zachariah Chandler from Michigan . So rapidly did men come in under this call for 75,000 , that in spite of the efforts of the War De ...
Page 36
... Regiments were known to be on their way from Pennsylvania and Massachusetts , but nobody could say when they would ar- rive . Washington might be razed to the ground before they came . A hurried effort at defense was at once made ...
... Regiments were known to be on their way from Pennsylvania and Massachusetts , but nobody could say when they would ar- rive . Washington might be razed to the ground before they came . A hurried effort at defense was at once made ...
Page 37
... regiment reached Washington . Dusty , torn , and bleeding , they marched two by two through a great crowd of silent people to the Capitol . Behind them there came , in single line , seven- teen stretchers , bearing the wounded . The ...
... regiment reached Washington . Dusty , torn , and bleeding , they marched two by two through a great crowd of silent people to the Capitol . Behind them there came , in single line , seven- teen stretchers , bearing the wounded . The ...
Page 40
... Regiment is a myth . Rhode Island is another . You are the only real thing . " And again , after pacing the floor of his deserted office for a half hour , he was heard to exclaim to himself , in an anguished tone , “ Why don't they come ...
... Regiment is a myth . Rhode Island is another . You are the only real thing . " And again , after pacing the floor of his deserted office for a half hour , he was heard to exclaim to himself , in an anguished tone , “ Why don't they come ...
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