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Page 36
... shot striking the shield from above almost at a right - angle . One of these huge shots struck the Virginia in this manner ; and the splinters from the wooden backing of the shield killed eighteen men . When the Navy Yard was abandoned ...
... shot striking the shield from above almost at a right - angle . One of these huge shots struck the Virginia in this manner ; and the splinters from the wooden backing of the shield killed eighteen men . When the Navy Yard was abandoned ...
Page 37
... shot to fire . ' Mr. Lincoln at his election had not the vote of a single Southern State . He was chosen to carry out the views of the North . The South said , If you do not mean to abide by the constitution , let us go out and live by ...
... shot to fire . ' Mr. Lincoln at his election had not the vote of a single Southern State . He was chosen to carry out the views of the North . The South said , If you do not mean to abide by the constitution , let us go out and live by ...
Page 42
... shot - the blade - the bowl- Than crucifixion of the soul , Maryland ! My Maryland ! I hear the distant thunder hum , Maryland ! The Old Line bugle , fife and drum , Maryland ! She is not dead , nor deaf , nor dumb ; Huzza ! she spurns ...
... shot - the blade - the bowl- Than crucifixion of the soul , Maryland ! My Maryland ! I hear the distant thunder hum , Maryland ! The Old Line bugle , fife and drum , Maryland ! She is not dead , nor deaf , nor dumb ; Huzza ! she spurns ...
Page 46
... shot , as he walks on his beat to and fro , By a rifleman hid in the thicket . ' Tis nothing -- a private or two now and then , Will not count in the news of the battle ; Not an officer lost - only one of the men— Moaning out , all ...
... shot , as he walks on his beat to and fro , By a rifleman hid in the thicket . ' Tis nothing -- a private or two now and then , Will not count in the news of the battle ; Not an officer lost - only one of the men— Moaning out , all ...
Page 75
... shot and shell , attest the hotness of the fire . A set of conical cannon - shot , stripped , or chipped at the base , in the firing , show that the fault was often not in the gun but in the shot . In the matter of breech - loaders the ...
... shot and shell , attest the hotness of the fire . A set of conical cannon - shot , stripped , or chipped at the base , in the firing , show that the fault was often not in the gun but in the shot . In the matter of breech - loaders the ...
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