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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... excitement they had endured , and by their exertions in shrieking for Seward or Lincoln , that they were hardly able to walk to their hotels . There were men who had not tasted liquor , who staggered about like drunkards , unable to ...
... excitement they had endured , and by their exertions in shrieking for Seward or Lincoln , that they were hardly able to walk to their hotels . There were men who had not tasted liquor , who staggered about like drunkards , unable to ...
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... excitement the appeals of trade are invariably disregarded , and money interests [ are ] driven to the wall . There probably never was a war that was not undertaken contrary to the wishes and in the teeth of the earnest protest of ...
... excitement the appeals of trade are invariably disregarded , and money interests [ are ] driven to the wall . There probably never was a war that was not undertaken contrary to the wishes and in the teeth of the earnest protest of ...
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... excitement there in consequence . The United States steamer Corwin was in port , and two transports en route for New York with a dis- mounted regiment of United States cavalry on board . The troops had been serving on the frontier of ...
... excitement there in consequence . The United States steamer Corwin was in port , and two transports en route for New York with a dis- mounted regiment of United States cavalry on board . The troops had been serving on the frontier of ...
Contents
Contents | 17 |
Echoes from Harpers Ferry | 29 |
The Trial of John Brown | 39 |
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