Abraham LincolnHarper & brothers, 1893 - 542 pages |
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... command , but he could become a private , and accordingly enlisted in a company of cavalry commanded by Captain Elijah Iles . It was known as the Independent Spy Battalion . " It was a holiday service , lasting three weeks . The Indians ...
... command , but he could become a private , and accordingly enlisted in a company of cavalry commanded by Captain Elijah Iles . It was known as the Independent Spy Battalion . " It was a holiday service , lasting three weeks . The Indians ...
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... command . The rifles and revolvers flashed , and all but one were killed or wounded . The murderers fired once more , riddling the bodies with bullets , and then rode back to Missouri to gloat over the morning's work . It was their way ...
... command . The rifles and revolvers flashed , and all but one were killed or wounded . The murderers fired once more , riddling the bodies with bullets , and then rode back to Missouri to gloat over the morning's work . It was their way ...
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... command of the forts in Charleston harbor . He saw that the Secessionists were getting ready to seize the fortifications . The Secession members of Congress called upon the Secretary of War , John B. Floyd , of Virginia , and asked for ...
... command of the forts in Charleston harbor . He saw that the Secessionists were getting ready to seize the fortifications . The Secession members of Congress called upon the Secretary of War , John B. Floyd , of Virginia , and asked for ...
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... commands , but they will not volunteer to act as tipstaves and bum- bailiffs . The instinct is natural to the race . Is it not true of the South ? Would you join in the pursuit of a fugitive slave if you could avoid it ? Is it the ...
... commands , but they will not volunteer to act as tipstaves and bum- bailiffs . The instinct is natural to the race . Is it not true of the South ? Would you join in the pursuit of a fugitive slave if you could avoid it ? Is it the ...
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... command of the army . April 17 . " I look , " said he , " upon secession as anarchy . If I owned four million slaves I would sacrifice them all for the Union , but how can I draw my sword upon Virginia , my native State ? " His ...
... command of the army . April 17 . " I look , " said he , " upon secession as anarchy . If I owned four million slaves I would sacrifice them all for the Union , but how can I draw my sword upon Virginia , my native State ? " His ...
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