Pictorial History of the Civil War in the United States of AmericaSupreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes claimed that historian Benson J. Lossing did more than any other man to make history interesting and popular. Lossing wrote his comprehensive three-volume history of the Civil War at a time when the facts were still fresh. Originally published in 1866, Volume One covers the period from the political conventions held in the spring of 1860 to midsummer 1861 and the Battle of Bull Run. Lossing accompanies his narratives of marches, battles, and sieges with maps and plans, includes biographical sketches of the prominent people from both sides of the conflict, and illustrates his history with hundreds of drawings and engravings by the author and others. |
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... North Carolina and Tennessee to express a desire for Mr. Lincoln's election . The promise of a United States Senator from North Carolina ( Clingman ) , that Union men would be hushed by " the swift atten tion of vigilance committees ...
... North Carolina and Tennessee to express a desire for Mr. Lincoln's election . The promise of a United States Senator from North Carolina ( Clingman ) , that Union men would be hushed by " the swift atten tion of vigilance committees ...
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... North . " They cited the pub- lications and speeches of the Abolitionists of the North during the past thirty years ; the legislation in the same section unfriendly to slavery ; and the more recent utterances of leading members of the ...
... North . " They cited the pub- lications and speeches of the Abolitionists of the North during the past thirty years ; the legislation in the same section unfriendly to slavery ; and the more recent utterances of leading members of the ...
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... North Carolina , of which Jefferson Davis , then the Secretary of War , was fully cognizant . The object was to devise a scheme of rebellion at that time , in the event of the election of Colonel John C. Frémont , the Republican ...
... North Carolina , of which Jefferson Davis , then the Secretary of War , was fully cognizant . The object was to devise a scheme of rebellion at that time , in the event of the election of Colonel John C. Frémont , the Republican ...
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... North . He is a jewel of a man . " After speaking of the in- tended secession of Mississippi , he said : - " I want the co - operation of the Southern States . I wish to do all I can to secure . their sympathy and co - operation . A con ...
... North . He is a jewel of a man . " After speaking of the in- tended secession of Mississippi , he said : - " I want the co - operation of the Southern States . I wish to do all I can to secure . their sympathy and co - operation . A con ...
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... North and the South , and a practical application of the theory that the Republic could not exist , half slave and half free . These predictions of the Speaker , through the operations of war , were fulfilled to the letter . They are ...
... North and the South , and a practical application of the theory that the Republic could not exist , half slave and half free . These predictions of the Speaker , through the operations of war , were fulfilled to the letter . They are ...
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