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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... thought I , the old man may see the spot where his enormous crime first took the form of action . He may see the beautiful land his dark plots had devoted to bloody ruin , he may see in the gleaming .. swords and these serried lines of ...
... thought I , the old man may see the spot where his enormous crime first took the form of action . He may see the beautiful land his dark plots had devoted to bloody ruin , he may see in the gleaming .. swords and these serried lines of ...
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... thought they might be useful , numbers of these shell grenades were stored under safe cover in readiness for any emergency . The method of throwing them was simple . Lanyards of sufficient length to reach to within about four feet of ...
... thought they might be useful , numbers of these shell grenades were stored under safe cover in readiness for any emergency . The method of throwing them was simple . Lanyards of sufficient length to reach to within about four feet of ...
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... thought that every day's delay would add to the strength of their position and that they would finally shell the fort . Assistant Surgeon Crawford thought that as the battery was not fired upon when it opened upon the ship , we had ...
... thought that every day's delay would add to the strength of their position and that they would finally shell the fort . Assistant Surgeon Crawford thought that as the battery was not fired upon when it opened upon the ship , we had ...
Contents
Contents | 17 |
Echoes from Harpers Ferry | 29 |
The Trial of John Brown | 39 |
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