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 67
... prevented altogether . The government , at this crisis , was surrounded with diffi- culties calculated to bewilder the strongest minds . Treason was on every side , and it knew not where to strike , nor had it the means to plant the ...
... prevented altogether . The government , at this crisis , was surrounded with diffi- culties calculated to bewilder the strongest minds . Treason was on every side , and it knew not where to strike , nor had it the means to plant the ...
Page 68
... prevent the catastrophe . The Secretary of the Navy seemed to think its surrender a foregone conclusion , and intent only on saving the vessels there , ordered Commo dore McCauley to remove them to a place of safety . When he found it ...
... prevent the catastrophe . The Secretary of the Navy seemed to think its surrender a foregone conclusion , and intent only on saving the vessels there , ordered Commo dore McCauley to remove them to a place of safety . When he found it ...
Page 70
... PREVENTED BY THE TROOPS GOING BY WAY OF ANNAPOLIS - THEIR ARRIVAL AT WASHINGTON - DEFEC- TION IN THE ARMY AND NAVY - ROBERT E. LEE EFFECT OF THE STATES ' RIGHTS DOCTRINE - GREAT UNION MEETING IN NEW YORK - ITS RECEPTION SOUTH ...
... PREVENTED BY THE TROOPS GOING BY WAY OF ANNAPOLIS - THEIR ARRIVAL AT WASHINGTON - DEFEC- TION IN THE ARMY AND NAVY - ROBERT E. LEE EFFECT OF THE STATES ' RIGHTS DOCTRINE - GREAT UNION MEETING IN NEW YORK - ITS RECEPTION SOUTH ...
Page 76
... prevented by the troops stopping at Havre de Grace , and taking steamers for Annap- olis . General B. F. Butler had ... prevent troops from crossing the state by this route , but a passage had been cleared , and it was resolved that ...
... prevented by the troops stopping at Havre de Grace , and taking steamers for Annap- olis . General B. F. Butler had ... prevent troops from crossing the state by this route , but a passage had been cleared , and it was resolved that ...
Page 80
... had resolved to side with neither party , but present herself as a barrier to prevent the collision of armies along the Mississippi , alarmed the governmcnt , and troops . THE COMING CONTEST . 81 were concentrated at Cairo.
... had resolved to side with neither party , but present herself as a barrier to prevent the collision of armies along the Mississippi , alarmed the governmcnt , and troops . THE COMING CONTEST . 81 were concentrated at Cairo.
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