Prologue to Sumter: The Beginnings of the Civil War from the John Brown Raid to the Surrender of Fort Sumter, Woven Into a Continuous Narrative |
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... York , and the Powhatan , I now learned by a note from Capt . Mercer to Capt . Rowan dated the 7th . . . was " detached from duty off Charleston . " As she had the 300 sailors I asked for , and the howitzers and fighting launches , and ...
... York , and the Powhatan , I now learned by a note from Capt . Mercer to Capt . Rowan dated the 7th . . . was " detached from duty off Charleston . " As she had the 300 sailors I asked for , and the howitzers and fighting launches , and ...
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... York , 377 , 378 " Wheatland , " 418 , 426 , 469 Whig - Americans , 146 Whigs , 82 White House , 528-30 Whitworth ... York , Pennsylvania , 419 York Evening Post , 151 Young , Brigham , 124 Yulee , D. L. , 306 , 307 Young , W. Gourdin ...
... York , 377 , 378 " Wheatland , " 418 , 426 , 469 Whig - Americans , 146 Whigs , 82 White House , 528-30 Whitworth ... York , Pennsylvania , 419 York Evening Post , 151 Young , Brigham , 124 Yulee , D. L. , 306 , 307 Young , W. Gourdin ...
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... York , Pennsylvania , 419 York Evening Post , 151 Young , Brigham , 124 Yulee , D. L. , 306 , 307 Young , W. Gourdin , 508 Zouaves , French , 533 536 emy , U.S. Western , Fitchburg and Old Colony Railroads , 278 Westfield , New York ...
... York , Pennsylvania , 419 York Evening Post , 151 Young , Brigham , 124 Yulee , D. L. , 306 , 307 Young , W. Gourdin , 508 Zouaves , French , 533 536 emy , U.S. Western , Fitchburg and Old Colony Railroads , 278 Westfield , New York ...
Contents
Contents | 17 |
Echoes from Harpers Ferry | 29 |
The Trial of John Brown | 39 |
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