Pictorial History of the Civil War in the United States of America, Volume 2G. S. Lester, 1878 - United States |
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... passed by a vote of 60 against 48. When it was returned to the Senate , it was concurred in , on motion of Mr. Trumbull , and was passed ' by a vote of 24 against 11. The President's signature to it made it law on the same day . This ...
... passed by a vote of 60 against 48. When it was returned to the Senate , it was concurred in , on motion of Mr. Trumbull , and was passed ' by a vote of 24 against 11. The President's signature to it made it law on the same day . This ...
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... passed " for the increase of revenues from imports , by which new duties were imposed upon foreign articles of luxury and necessity . By a provision of the same act , a direct tax of twenty millions of dollars was to be laid upon the ...
... passed " for the increase of revenues from imports , by which new duties were imposed upon foreign articles of luxury and necessity . By a provision of the same act , a direct tax of twenty millions of dollars was to be laid upon the ...
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... passed giving him authority to inflict retaliation 1861. upon the persons of prisoners of war . This measure had special reference to the captives of the pirate - ship Savannah , concerning whom , as we have observed , ' Davis had ...
... passed giving him authority to inflict retaliation 1861. upon the persons of prisoners of war . This measure had special reference to the captives of the pirate - ship Savannah , concerning whom , as we have observed , ' Davis had ...
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... passed by , they were detained long enough to allow the passengers to go up and offer insults to the lifeless remains . 1 This picture is from a sketch made by the author in May , 1866 , and shows the front of the prison . The window ...
... passed by , they were detained long enough to allow the passengers to go up and offer insults to the lifeless remains . 1 This picture is from a sketch made by the author in May , 1866 , and shows the front of the prison . The window ...
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... passed the Dry Fork Creek , and , after a brisk march of three miles farther , they came upon the Confederates , under Governor Jackson , assisted by Brigadier - Generals Rains , Clark , Parsons , and Slack . They had been marching that ...
... passed the Dry Fork Creek , and , after a brisk march of three miles farther , they came upon the Confederates , under Governor Jackson , assisted by Brigadier - Generals Rains , Clark , Parsons , and Slack . They had been marching that ...
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