The war with the south: a history of the late rebellion with biographical sketches of leading statesmen and distinguished naval and military commanders, etc, Volume 1Virtue & Yorston, 1867 - 664 pages |
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... the Constitution of the United States , as he thus declared in a letter addressed to some leading members of the Repub- lican party : " I heartily concur , " he wrote , " in all movements which have for their 6 THE WAR WITH THE SOUTH .
... the Constitution of the United States , as he thus declared in a letter addressed to some leading members of the Repub- lican party : " I heartily concur , " he wrote , " in all movements which have for their 6 THE WAR WITH THE SOUTH .
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... declared that in case of the election of the Republican 7 candidate , the slave States would ex- ercise their self - asserted sovereignty , and secede from the Union . This threat , however , deemed but the angry effusion of political ...
... declared that in case of the election of the Republican 7 candidate , the slave States would ex- ercise their self - asserted sovereignty , and secede from the Union . This threat , however , deemed but the angry effusion of political ...
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... declare their rebellious purposes . On the day before the Presidential election , the governor of South Carolina ... declared in his message to the Legislature : " It is useless to at- tempt to conceal the fact , that in the present ...
... declare their rebellious purposes . On the day before the Presidential election , the governor of South Carolina ... declared in his message to the Legislature : " It is useless to at- tempt to conceal the fact , that in the present ...
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... declared gave him more pleasure than any subsequent honor which has fallen to his lot . The war being soon brought to a close , Lin- coln returned to civil life , after the brief military career of three months . On reaching New Salem ...
... declared gave him more pleasure than any subsequent honor which has fallen to his lot . The war being soon brought to a close , Lin- coln returned to civil life , after the brief military career of three months . On reaching New Salem ...
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... declared that Southern independ- paratory acts of secession were honored ence could only be secured by the se- by a ... declaring that " Florida is with the gal- lant Palmetto flag . " . The Governor of Alabama advised his fellow ...
... declared that Southern independ- paratory acts of secession were honored ence could only be secured by the se- by a ... declaring that " Florida is with the gal- lant Palmetto flag . " . The Governor of Alabama advised his fellow ...
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