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
... side , and it knew not where to strike , nor had it the means to plant the blows it knew should be given . Every thing had been thrown into chaos , and in the whirl- pool of conflicting elements , neither the President nor his Cabinet ...
... side , and it knew not where to strike , nor had it the means to plant the blows it knew should be given . Every thing had been thrown into chaos , and in the whirl- pool of conflicting elements , neither the President nor his Cabinet ...
Page 69
... the angry heavens , and the thunder breaking on every side , the administration calmly devoted itself to the filling of offices . All this time the rebels were at work . REGIMENTS - THE PTER CHAPTER IV APRIL , 1861 .
... the angry heavens , and the thunder breaking on every side , the administration calmly devoted itself to the filling of offices . All this time the rebels were at work . REGIMENTS - THE PTER CHAPTER IV APRIL , 1861 .
Page 73
... side . As they advanced , the crowd , which had been collected , steadily increased , so that the horses could hardly effect a passage through it . Soon shouts and yells , mingled with threats , arose on every side , followed by stones ...
... side . As they advanced , the crowd , which had been collected , steadily increased , so that the horses could hardly effect a passage through it . Soon shouts and yells , mingled with threats , arose on every side , followed by stones ...
Page 80
... , which 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.
... , which 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.
Page 91
... side . General Butler , who had been placed in command in Maryland , had , for the time being , disposed of it by calling them " contraband of war ; " and they afterwards took the name of " contrabands , " - a species of property not ...
... side . General Butler , who had been placed in command in Maryland , had , for the time being , disposed of it by calling them " contraband of war ; " and they afterwards took the name of " contrabands , " - a species of property not ...
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