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 Especially 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 and Company, 1866 - Slavery |
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... soldiers ' legs rather than their muskets . As to dates , I could wish that commanders on all hands were more precise than they usually are ; but , wherever dates were accessible , I have given them , even though in- vested with no ...
... soldiers ' legs rather than their muskets . As to dates , I could wish that commanders on all hands were more precise than they usually are ; but , wherever dates were accessible , I have given them , even though in- vested with no ...
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... Soldiers ' Vote- The XXXVIIIth Congress - Lincoln's last Message - Slavery prohibited by Constitutional Amendment - Peace Overtures at Richmond , and Negotiations in Hampton Roads - Lincoln's Second Inaugural . XXXI . Hood's Tennessee ...
... Soldiers ' Vote- The XXXVIIIth Congress - Lincoln's last Message - Slavery prohibited by Constitutional Amendment - Peace Overtures at Richmond , and Negotiations in Hampton Roads - Lincoln's Second Inaugural . XXXI . Hood's Tennessee ...
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... soldiers , were worth five to ten times their number of his New Mexican levies . Making the best use possible of his scanty or in- different materials , he was probably about half ready to take the field when apprised that the Texans ...
... soldiers , were worth five to ten times their number of his New Mexican levies . Making the best use possible of his scanty or in- different materials , he was probably about half ready to take the field when apprised that the Texans ...
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... soldiers sleeping on their arms in the open field where they had so bravely struggled , expecting to renew the combat at daylight . Meanwhile , our wounded were all cared for , the trains of the whole army sent to Fayetteville ; and Gen ...
... soldiers sleeping on their arms in the open field where they had so bravely struggled , expecting to renew the combat at daylight . Meanwhile , our wounded were all cared for , the trains of the whole army sent to Fayetteville ; and Gen ...
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... soldiers , under Gen. W. T. Sherman , while a sup- porting force moved overland from Paducah . " Arriving opposite Co- lumbus , he learned that the last of Island No. 10 lies in a sharp bend in the Mississippi , 45 miles below Columbus ...
... soldiers , under Gen. W. T. Sherman , while a sup- porting force moved overland from Paducah . " Arriving opposite Co- lumbus , he learned that the last of Island No. 10 lies in a sharp bend in the Mississippi , 45 miles below Columbus ...
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