The Great Conspiracy"The Great Conspiracy: Its Origin and History" is a memoir work by a general in the Union Army, John Alexander Logan. In his book Logan sought to demonstrate that secession and the Civil War were the result of a long-contemplated "conspiracy" to which various Southern politicians had been party since the Nullification Crisis. |
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... other on the glad tidings of Lincoln's. 17. "South Carolina rejoiced over the election of Lincoln, with bonfires and processions." p. 172, Arnold's "Life of Abraham Lincoln." The removal, to Fort Sumter, of Major Anderson's command, and.
... other on the glad tidings of Lincoln's. 17. "South Carolina rejoiced over the election of Lincoln, with bonfires and processions." p. 172, Arnold's "Life of Abraham Lincoln." The removal, to Fort Sumter, of Major Anderson's command, and.
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... Sumter —whereupon a cry went up from Charleston that this was in violation of the President's promise to take no step looking to hostilities, provided the Secessionists committed no overt act of Rebellion, up to the close of his fast ...
... Sumter —whereupon a cry went up from Charleston that this was in violation of the President's promise to take no step looking to hostilities, provided the Secessionists committed no overt act of Rebellion, up to the close of his fast ...
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... from Fort Moultrie to Fort Sumter was done "upon his own responsibility, and without authority," and that he (the President) "had intended to command him to return to his former position," but that events had so rapidly transpired as to.
... from Fort Moultrie to Fort Sumter was done "upon his own responsibility, and without authority," and that he (the President) "had intended to command him to return to his former position," but that events had so rapidly transpired as to.
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... Sumter, left New York in the night—and Secretary Jacob Thompson notified the South Carolina Rebels of the fact. On the 9th, the "Star of the West" appeared off Charleston bar, and while steaming toward Fort Sumter, was fired upon by ...
... Sumter, left New York in the night—and Secretary Jacob Thompson notified the South Carolina Rebels of the fact. On the 9th, the "Star of the West" appeared off Charleston bar, and while steaming toward Fort Sumter, was fired upon by ...
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... Sumter will be regarded as an act of open hostility, and a Declaration of War." On the 16th, Colonel Hayne, of South Carolina, developed his mission, which was to demand of the President the surrender of Fort Sumter to the South ...
... Sumter will be regarded as an act of open hostility, and a Declaration of War." On the 16th, Colonel Hayne, of South Carolina, developed his mission, which was to demand of the President the surrender of Fort Sumter to the South ...
Contents
The Rejected Olive Branch | |
Slaverys Setting and Freedoms Dawn | |
Freedom Proclaimed to | |
Historical Review | |
Lincolns Troubles and Temptations | |
The Armed Negro | |
Freedoms Sun Still Rising | |
Thirteenth Amendment in the Senate | |
Treason in the Northern Camps | |
The Fire in the Rear | |
The Wardrum On to Washington | |
The Causes of Secession | |
Copperheadism vs Union Democracy | |
The Storm of Battle | |
The Colored Contraband | |
Freedoms Early Dawn | |
Compensated Gradual Emancipation | |
Borderstate Opposition | |
Thirteenth Amendment Defeated in the House | |
Slavery Doomed at the Polls | |
Freedom at Last Assured | |
Lincolns Second Inauguration | |
Collapse of the Armed Conspiracy | |
Assassination | |
What Next? | |
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