The Great Rebellion: A History of the Civil War in the United States, Volume 1National Tribune, 1898 - UNITED STATES--HISTORY--CIVIL WAR, 1861-1865 |
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Page 79
... month , blockading all the southern ports , and denouncing as pirates the privateers commissioned by Jefferson Davis . The commerce of New York must stop , her southern debts re- main unpaid , and her wharves and storehouses stand idle ...
... month , blockading all the southern ports , and denouncing as pirates the privateers commissioned by Jefferson Davis . The commerce of New York must stop , her southern debts re- main unpaid , and her wharves and storehouses stand idle ...
Page 80
... months to come . If he could increase it by ten thousand men , why not by a hundred thousand ; and if it could be called together two months before the meeting of Congress , why not for a year ? It was undoubtedly an extraordinary ...
... months to come . If he could increase it by ten thousand men , why not by a hundred thousand ; and if it could be called together two months before the meeting of Congress , why not for a year ? It was undoubtedly an extraordinary ...
Page 90
... month , which provoked a great deal of comment at the north . General Schenck of Ohio was sent with six hundred and sixty - eight men to take possession of Vienna , a small village in front of our lines on the Potomac . Leaving com ...
... month , which provoked a great deal of comment at the north . General Schenck of Ohio was sent with six hundred and sixty - eight men to take possession of Vienna , a small village in front of our lines on the Potomac . Leaving com ...
Page 91
... month was signalized by the capture of the schooner Savannah , the first rebel privateer that had ventured out upon the ocean . All eyes were now turned towards the approaching session of Congress . Its presence was required to sanction ...
... month was signalized by the capture of the schooner Savannah , the first rebel privateer that had ventured out upon the ocean . All eyes were now turned towards the approaching session of Congress . Its presence was required to sanction ...
Page 100
... month , Western Virginia was cleared of the rebels . McClellan's short but brilliant campaign , had electrified the north , and all eyes were turned to him as the man on whom the mantle of Scott would ultimately fall . The old veteran ...
... month , Western Virginia was cleared of the rebels . McClellan's short but brilliant campaign , had electrified the north , and all eyes were turned to him as the man on whom the mantle of Scott would ultimately fall . The old veteran ...
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