The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-'65; Its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to Exhibit Expecially Its Moral and Political Phases, with the Drift and Progress of American Opinion Respecting Human Slavery, from 1776 to the Close of the War for the Union, Volume 2O. D. Case, 1867 - Slavery |
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Page 18
... course , the forces at the several posts protecting the frontiers of Texas , being isolated and cut off from all communication with each other , or with a common head - quarters , fell an easy prey to the Rebels . A part of them were ...
... course , the forces at the several posts protecting the frontiers of Texas , being isolated and cut off from all communication with each other , or with a common head - quarters , fell an easy prey to the Rebels . A part of them were ...
Page 41
... course due north , and forming the boundary between what are designated respec- tively West and Middle Tennessee , thence flowing N. N. W. till it falls into the Ohio scarcely 70 miles above the mouth of that river , whereof it verely ...
... course due north , and forming the boundary between what are designated respec- tively West and Middle Tennessee , thence flowing N. N. W. till it falls into the Ohio scarcely 70 miles above the mouth of that river , whereof it verely ...
Page 42
... course to that stream , to its own re- and returning to Pikeville without ception by the Ohio , and being navi- gable for 250 miles by large steam- boats , save in seasons of summer drouth , and by boats of 500 tuns for some 300 miles ...
... course to that stream , to its own re- and returning to Pikeville without ception by the Ohio , and being navi- gable for 250 miles by large steam- boats , save in seasons of summer drouth , and by boats of 500 tuns for some 300 miles ...
Page 51
... course destroyed , and the quarters at Louisville ; where he still last of the Rebel army , consisting of remained when his advance , consist- Texas Rangers , just moving off on ing of some 16,000 men , led by Gen. a railroad train ...
... course destroyed , and the quarters at Louisville ; where he still last of the Rebel army , consisting of remained when his advance , consist- Texas Rangers , just moving off on ing of some 16,000 men , led by Gen. a railroad train ...
Page 73
... course , in attempting to pass it ; ' when the sea broke completely over her stern , every breaker lifting her , and causing her , as it subsided , to set- ' Jan. 11-12 , 1862 . became a perfect wreck - her masts and smoke - stack cut ...
... course , in attempting to pass it ; ' when the sea broke completely over her stern , every breaker lifting her , and causing her , as it subsided , to set- ' Jan. 11-12 , 1862 . became a perfect wreck - her masts and smoke - stack cut ...
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