The American Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events ...: Embracing Political, Civil, Military, and Social Affairs; Public Documents; Biography, Statistics, Commerce, Finance, Literature, Science, Agriculture, and Mechanical IndustryD. Appleton, 1863 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... appeared as commander - in - chief of the army and navy , and issued the follow- ing order : EXECUTIVE MANSION , WASHINGTON , Jan. 27 , 1862 . PRESIDENT'S GENERAL WAR ORDER , No. 1 . Ordered , That the 22d day of February , 1862 , be ...
... appeared as commander - in - chief of the army and navy , and issued the follow- ing order : EXECUTIVE MANSION , WASHINGTON , Jan. 27 , 1862 . PRESIDENT'S GENERAL WAR ORDER , No. 1 . Ordered , That the 22d day of February , 1862 , be ...
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... appeared on some vessel's deck , holding on by the rail or the rig- ging , and a few scattered groups of the soldiers who had been landed , were seen hurrying on the beach as if in search of shelter from the fury of the blast . The ...
... appeared on some vessel's deck , holding on by the rail or the rig- ging , and a few scattered groups of the soldiers who had been landed , were seen hurrying on the beach as if in search of shelter from the fury of the blast . The ...
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... appeared to be in great dread of the coming of the Union force , and had been told that they would destroy even women and children . At the same time when this force was order- ed to Brunswick on the 7th of March , Com . Dupont sent the ...
... appeared to be in great dread of the coming of the Union force , and had been told that they would destroy even women and children . At the same time when this force was order- ed to Brunswick on the 7th of March , Com . Dupont sent the ...
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... appeared to be unde- fended and entirely unprepared to make any resistance against the overwhelming Union force . Many fortified positions were found , but the soldiers were not seen . The white population in Florida in 1860 was 77,778 ...
... appeared to be unde- fended and entirely unprepared to make any resistance against the overwhelming Union force . Many fortified positions were found , but the soldiers were not seen . The white population in Florida in 1860 was 77,778 ...
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... appeared for two weeks , during which several reconnois- sances were made by the fleet . The fire of the forts at the entrance to Wappoo Creek was drawn from two large rifled cannon at the lower battery of seven guns . The Huron and ...
... appeared for two weeks , during which several reconnois- sances were made by the fleet . The fire of the forts at the entrance to Wappoo Creek was drawn from two large rifled cannon at the lower battery of seven guns . The Huron and ...
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