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... civil as in military life . Do As a cue people we desire peace , but the only peace worth nime roic OF having -not war , obtained by instant readiness to fight when wronged by foresight battle unwillingness or inability to fight at all ...
... civil as in military life . Do As a cue people we desire peace , but the only peace worth nime roic OF having -not war , obtained by instant readiness to fight when wronged by foresight battle unwillingness or inability to fight at all ...
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... civil war , was then able to build up a new and lasting fabric upon the ruins of a system which had been over- thrown . At the close of his official service he returned again to Mount Vernon , and , after a few years of quiet retirement ...
... civil war , was then able to build up a new and lasting fabric upon the ruins of a system which had been over- thrown . At the close of his official service he returned again to Mount Vernon , and , after a few years of quiet retirement ...
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... Ye are at peace in the troubled stream ; Ho ! brave land ! with hearts like these , Thy flag , that is rent in twain , Shall Be And with one again , out a seam ! -Longfellow . HAMPTON ROADS HE naval battles of the Civil War possess.
... Ye are at peace in the troubled stream ; Ho ! brave land ! with hearts like these , Thy flag , that is rent in twain , Shall Be And with one again , out a seam ! -Longfellow . HAMPTON ROADS HE naval battles of the Civil War possess.
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... Civil War weapons and methods were introduced which caused a revolution greater even than that which divided the sailing - ship from the galley . The use of steam , the casing of ships in iron armor , and the employment of the pedo 185.
... Civil War weapons and methods were introduced which caused a revolution greater even than that which divided the sailing - ship from the galley . The use of steam , the casing of ships in iron armor , and the employment of the pedo 185.
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... Civil War . The first occas of the new methods were thorougl tested was attended by incidents which made One of the most striking of naval battles . IN Chesapeake Bay , near Hampton Road the United States had collected a fleet of woode ...
... Civil War . The first occas of the new methods were thorougl tested was attended by incidents which made One of the most striking of naval battles . IN Chesapeake Bay , near Hampton Road the United States had collected a fleet of woode ...
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