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 33
... taken , let it be assumed with the full understanding and con- sent , that it shall end in peaceful separation or open war . Let the people never again be deluded by ignorant , selfish leaders , into the belief that it can be done ...
... taken , let it be assumed with the full understanding and con- sent , that it shall end in peaceful separation or open war . Let the people never again be deluded by ignorant , selfish leaders , into the belief that it can be done ...
Page 38
... taken . The north little dreamed of this , and meditating no disloyalty against the government , did not imagine those political leaders , though bold and unscrupu- lous , would dare raise their parricidal hand against it . Buchanan's ...
... taken . The north little dreamed of this , and meditating no disloyalty against the government , did not imagine those political leaders , though bold and unscrupu- lous , would dare raise their parricidal hand against it . Buchanan's ...
Page 48
... taken -to discuss a right it was never proposed to claim . The south rushed into rebellion , and unless their act can be justi- fied on the ground that they were grievously oppressed , and had exhausted every peaceable means to obtain ...
... taken -to discuss a right it was never proposed to claim . The south rushed into rebellion , and unless their act can be justi- fied on the ground that they were grievously oppressed , and had exhausted every peaceable means to obtain ...
Page 59
... taken from the magazine lay exposed . The soldiers rushed through the flames with wet blankets , and covered them over ; but the heat soon became so in- tense , that it was feared they would take fire and blow up the fort , and they ...
... taken from the magazine lay exposed . The soldiers rushed through the flames with wet blankets , and covered them over ; but the heat soon became so in- tense , that it was feared they would take fire and blow up the fort , and they ...
Page 67
... to arms , and it was plain to the simplest mind , that the navy yard located on her soil would be the first object she would attempt to grasp , and yet sufficient precaution was 68 SURRENDER OF NORFOLK HARPER'S FERRY . not taken to.
... to arms , and it was plain to the simplest mind , that the navy yard located on her soil would be the first object she would attempt to grasp , and yet sufficient precaution was 68 SURRENDER OF NORFOLK HARPER'S FERRY . not taken to.
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advance army arrived artillery attack batteries bayonets Beauregard Blue Mills brave brigade camp cannon captured cavalry Centreville charge Cheat Mountain cheers Colonel column command Congress Creek dashed division enemy enemy's fall back fell field fierce fight fire flag flank fled fleet force fort Moultrie fort Pickens fort Sumter Fortress Monroe forward front gallant Governor Green Brier gun boats heavy Heintzelman hour hundred immediately Kentucky killed latter line of battle Lyon McClellan McClernand ment miles Mississippi Missouri morning mountain moved movement nation night o'clock officers ordered party position Potomac President pushed reached rear rebellion rebels regiments retreat river road secession seemed sent shells shore shot shout side Sigel skirmishers slavery soldiers soon South Carolina southern confederacy steamers stood storm stream Sumter surrender terrible thousand thunder tion took troops Union vessels victory Virginia volley Washington Wigfall woods wounded Zouaves