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... Fort Sumter ; to General Meade , who failed to pursue his advantage after Gettysburg ; and to the Army of the Potomac after their crushing defeat at Fredericksburg , best show Lincoln's sympathetic understanding . Among Lincoln's ...
... Fort Sumter ; to General Meade , who failed to pursue his advantage after Gettysburg ; and to the Army of the Potomac after their crushing defeat at Fredericksburg , best show Lincoln's sympathetic understanding . Among Lincoln's ...
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... Fort Sumter . Again , I do not perceive how the reinforcement of Fort Sumter would be done on a slavery or a party issue , while that of Fort Pickens would be on a more national and patriotic one . The news received yesterday in regard ...
... Fort Sumter . Again , I do not perceive how the reinforcement of Fort Sumter would be done on a slavery or a party issue , while that of Fort Pickens would be on a more national and patriotic one . The news received yesterday in regard ...
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... Fort Sumter , that won for Lincoln the loyal devotion and supreme efforts of his commanders . LETTER TO GUSTAVUS V. FOX M Y DEAR SIR : Washington , May 1 , 1861 I sincerely regret that the failure of the late attempt to provision Fort ...
... Fort Sumter , that won for Lincoln the loyal devotion and supreme efforts of his commanders . LETTER TO GUSTAVUS V. FOX M Y DEAR SIR : Washington , May 1 , 1861 I sincerely regret that the failure of the late attempt to provision Fort ...
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