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 |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 74
Page 275
... night do picket or patrol duty or stand by the guns . They were nearly tired out with hard work and want of sleep , not having had a night's rest since the night of January 7th . On the 15th Colonel W. H. Chase , commanding the enemy's ...
... night do picket or patrol duty or stand by the guns . They were nearly tired out with hard work and want of sleep , not having had a night's rest since the night of January 7th . On the 15th Colonel W. H. Chase , commanding the enemy's ...
Page 521
... night . They may or may not . The night was dark and occa- sionally stormy , and a heavy sea running . " The Log of the U.S.S. Pawnee Gives the Timing of the Attack on Sumter A ship's log , with its carefully recorded entries of ...
... night . They may or may not . The night was dark and occa- sionally stormy , and a heavy sea running . " The Log of the U.S.S. Pawnee Gives the Timing of the Attack on Sumter A ship's log , with its carefully recorded entries of ...
Page 525
... night in hopes of meet- ing the Powhatan and Pocahontas . It blew very heavy all night with a great swell and towards morning a thick fog . As Capt . Fletcher of the Baltic returned towards the anchorage near daylight , he ran onto the ...
... night in hopes of meet- ing the Powhatan and Pocahontas . It blew very heavy all night with a great swell and towards morning a thick fog . As Capt . Fletcher of the Baltic returned towards the anchorage near daylight , he ran onto the ...
Contents
Contents | 17 |
Echoes from Harpers Ferry | 29 |
The Trial of John Brown | 39 |
Copyright | |
62 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Prologue to Sumter: The Beginnings of the Civil War from the John Brown Raid ... Philip Van Doren Stern No preview available - 2012 |
Common terms and phrases
Abraham Lincoln April arms Army arrived asked Baltic Baltimore batteries Beauregard boats Buchanan Cabinet called Capt carriage Charleston cheer Civil Colonel command Commissioners Confederacy Confederate Congress Convention Crawford crowd Cumming's Point cutter Douglas duty election excitement fire flag Fort Moultrie Fort Pickens Fort Sumter forts friends Government Governor guns hand harbor Harpers Ferry honor hour House ice schooner inauguration Jefferson Davis John John Adams Dix Lane Lieutenant Lincoln Major Anderson ment miles military Montgomery morning Morris Island Moultrie Navy Negroes never night nomination North Northern o'clock officers parapet party Pawnee Pickens political Powhatan President provisions replied Republican Scott seceded secession secessionists Secretary Senator sent Seward shell ship shot slave slavery Slemmer soon South Carolina Southern steamer Sullivan's Island Sumter telegram telegraph Texas tion took troops Union United vessels Virginia vote Washington Wigfall York