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obstacles remaining to our complete control of the navigation of the Mississippi River , and in view of the preparations now making no doubt is entertained of their early reduction . The loyal sentiment is becoming gradually developed ...
obstacles remaining to our complete control of the navigation of the Mississippi River , and in view of the preparations now making no doubt is entertained of their early reduction . The loyal sentiment is becoming gradually developed ...
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Vicksburg then remained in the hands of the insurgents , the principal key to the navigation of the Mississippi River — a navigation which was confessed on all sides to be absolutely essential to the United States , and , when reopened ...
Vicksburg then remained in the hands of the insurgents , the principal key to the navigation of the Mississippi River — a navigation which was confessed on all sides to be absolutely essential to the United States , and , when reopened ...
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When both have fallen , the United States are the masters of the Mississippi . The power that navigates the Mississippi dominates in North America , and makes a division of the United States of America impossible .
When both have fallen , the United States are the masters of the Mississippi . The power that navigates the Mississippi dominates in North America , and makes a division of the United States of America impossible .
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