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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... Election 132 A Cautious Vermonter Urges Lincoln to Be Careful 134 Abraham Lincoln Casts His Vote 135 Lincoln Hears the Election Returns Come In The Lincoln Election Returns for 1860 140 144 The Election Sends Stock Prices Down 148 A ...
... Election 132 A Cautious Vermonter Urges Lincoln to Be Careful 134 Abraham Lincoln Casts His Vote 135 Lincoln Hears the Election Returns Come In The Lincoln Election Returns for 1860 140 144 The Election Sends Stock Prices Down 148 A ...
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... Election Sends Stock Prices Down Wall Street , always sensitive to any possible disturbance in the national economy , goes into a near - panic at the prospect of a " Black Republican " President being elected . This leading editorial in ...
... Election Sends Stock Prices Down Wall Street , always sensitive to any possible disturbance in the national economy , goes into a near - panic at the prospect of a " Black Republican " President being elected . This leading editorial in ...
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... election was held for the chief executive offices , resulting . . . in my election to the presidency with the Hon . Alexander H. Stephens of Georgia as Vice- President .... While these events were occurring . . . I had gone to my home ...
... election was held for the chief executive offices , resulting . . . in my election to the presidency with the Hon . Alexander H. Stephens of Georgia as Vice- President .... While these events were occurring . . . I had gone to my home ...
Contents
Contents | 17 |
Echoes from Harpers Ferry | 29 |
The Trial of John Brown | 39 |
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