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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... whole po- litical atmosphere resounded with the tumult . Long before a single gun was fired , public sentiment North and South had been lashed into a foaming sea of passion . . . . Gradually and naturally in this furnace of sectional ...
... whole po- litical atmosphere resounded with the tumult . Long before a single gun was fired , public sentiment North and South had been lashed into a foaming sea of passion . . . . Gradually and naturally in this furnace of sectional ...
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... whole audience broke out into a storm of cheers ; the ladies again joined in the demonstration ; a rush was made for the palmetto trees , which were torn to pieces in the effort to secure mementos of the occasion . As soon as the ...
... whole audience broke out into a storm of cheers ; the ladies again joined in the demonstration ; a rush was made for the palmetto trees , which were torn to pieces in the effort to secure mementos of the occasion . As soon as the ...
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... whole number of muskets distributed among all the states , North and South , was just 8,423 . Of these the Southern and Southwestern states received only 2,091 , or less than one - fourth . Again , the whole number of long - range ...
... whole number of muskets distributed among all the states , North and South , was just 8,423 . Of these the Southern and Southwestern states received only 2,091 , or less than one - fourth . Again , the whole number of long - range ...
Contents
Contents | 17 |
Echoes from Harpers Ferry | 29 |
The Trial of John Brown | 39 |
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