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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... Seen from the Rooftops of Charleston 511 Charleston Watches Fort Sumter Catch Fire An Eyewitness Describes the Bombardment as Seen from Cumming's Point Storm and Confusion at Charleston 513 515 519 The Log of the U.S.S. Pawnee Gives the ...
... Seen from the Rooftops of Charleston 511 Charleston Watches Fort Sumter Catch Fire An Eyewitness Describes the Bombardment as Seen from Cumming's Point Storm and Confusion at Charleston 513 515 519 The Log of the U.S.S. Pawnee Gives the ...
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... seen her friends fly from her . I have seen her foes gather around her . I have seen them bind her to the stake . I have seen them give her ashes to the winds , regathering them that they might scatter them yet more widely . But when ...
... seen her friends fly from her . I have seen her foes gather around her . I have seen them bind her to the stake . I have seen them give her ashes to the winds , regathering them that they might scatter them yet more widely . But when ...
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... seen with- out the aid of a glass . The south and east façades of Fort Sum- ter were completely pitted by balls , and from what we had seen of the fire from Sullivan's Island and the Cove , we knew that the north façade could not be in ...
... seen with- out the aid of a glass . The south and east façades of Fort Sum- ter were completely pitted by balls , and from what we had seen of the fire from Sullivan's Island and the Cove , we knew that the north façade could not be in ...
Contents
Contents | 17 |
Echoes from Harpers Ferry | 29 |
The Trial of John Brown | 39 |
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