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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... hour , when a relative brought to him a bulletin concerning the act of secession . The venerable statesman read the few words that announced the startling fact , and then throwing up his hands , while tears started from his eyes , he ...
... hour , when a relative brought to him a bulletin concerning the act of secession . The venerable statesman read the few words that announced the startling fact , and then throwing up his hands , while tears started from his eyes , he ...
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... Hour after hour had slipped away ; it was six o'clock in the morning , and no vote had been taken on the resolution . In six hours more the inauguration was to take place . Senators be- gan to look jaded . Half of them were asleep on ...
... Hour after hour had slipped away ; it was six o'clock in the morning , and no vote had been taken on the resolution . In six hours more the inauguration was to take place . Senators be- gan to look jaded . Half of them were asleep on ...
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... hour after leaving the Navy Yard . We were an hour and a half in reaching Staten Island , and consumed another hour in landing Captain Mercer , as the old boat nearly filled with water going on shore and kept half the crew bailing her ...
... hour after leaving the Navy Yard . We were an hour and a half in reaching Staten Island , and consumed another hour in landing Captain Mercer , as the old boat nearly filled with water going on shore and kept half the crew bailing her ...
Contents
Contents | 17 |
Echoes from Harpers Ferry | 29 |
The Trial of John Brown | 39 |
Copyright | |
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