Harper's Encyclopaedia of United States History from 458 A. D. to 1902, Volume 9Harper & brothers, 1902 |
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Page 17
... Confederate service ; impro- vised a flotilla known as the Mosquito Fleet , and attempted to defend Port Royal Sound against Dupont . He commanded at Norfolk when the Merrimac was destroyed , and the Mosquito Fleet at Savannah . He died ...
... Confederate service ; impro- vised a flotilla known as the Mosquito Fleet , and attempted to defend Port Royal Sound against Dupont . He commanded at Norfolk when the Merrimac was destroyed , and the Mosquito Fleet at Savannah . He died ...
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... Confederate service , in evangelistic work in the English- and was in the battle of Bull Run . In speaking countries ... Confederates , un- der General Greene , operating in the vi- cinity of Donaldsonville , on the Missis- sippi , was ...
... Confederate service , in evangelistic work in the English- and was in the battle of Bull Run . In speaking countries ... Confederates , un- der General Greene , operating in the vi- cinity of Donaldsonville , on the Missis- sippi , was ...
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... confederacy . He went on a sim- had been told by the British when a comet ilar mission in the autumn , taking with would appear , told the excited multitude him his brother , the Prophet , partly that they would see the arm of Tecumseh ...
... confederacy . He went on a sim- had been told by the British when a comet ilar mission in the autumn , taking with would appear , told the excited multitude him his brother , the Prophet , partly that they would see the arm of Tecumseh ...
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... Confederate States of favorable to the perpetuation and protec- America , clothed with authority to tion of the slave system . The legislature negotiate a treaty of alliance with Ten- provided for a convention , but decreed nessee ...
... Confederate States of favorable to the perpetuation and protec- America , clothed with authority to tion of the slave system . The legislature negotiate a treaty of alliance with Ten- provided for a convention , but decreed nessee ...
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... Confederate States of America . The gov- ernor was empowered to raise 50,000 volunteers " for the defence of the State , " and , if necessary , to call out the whole available military strength of the common- weath , to be under the ...
... Confederate States of America . The gov- ernor was empowered to raise 50,000 volunteers " for the defence of the State , " and , if necessary , to call out the whole available military strength of the common- weath , to be under the ...
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