American History Told by Contemporaries ..., Volume 4Albert Bushnell Hart, John Gould Curtis Macmillan, 1901 |
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... position amongst the nations , and makes our mission all the more responsible , that every people , struggling to be free , regard us with the same feelings- we are indeed the " looking - glass in which they dress themselves . " As a ...
... position amongst the nations , and makes our mission all the more responsible , that every people , struggling to be free , regard us with the same feelings- we are indeed the " looking - glass in which they dress themselves . " As a ...
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... position " between the Nueces and the Del Norte . " This had become necessary to meet a threatened invasion of Texas by the Mexican forces , for which extensive military preparations had been made . The invasion was threat- ened solely ...
... position " between the Nueces and the Del Norte . " This had become necessary to meet a threatened invasion of Texas by the Mexican forces , for which extensive military preparations had been made . The invasion was threat- ened solely ...
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... position , which has since been strengthened by the erection of fieldworks . A depot has also been established at Point Isabel , near the Brazos Santiago , 30 miles in rear of the encampment . The selection of his position was ...
... position , which has since been strengthened by the erection of fieldworks . A depot has also been established at Point Isabel , near the Brazos Santiago , 30 miles in rear of the encampment . The selection of his position was ...
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... position . He was so pleased that he sent a staff officer , Lieutenant Pemberton to bring me to him . He expressed his gratification at the services the howitzer in the church steeple was doing , saying that every shot was effective ...
... position . He was so pleased that he sent a staff officer , Lieutenant Pemberton to bring me to him . He expressed his gratification at the services the howitzer in the church steeple was doing , saying that every shot was effective ...
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... position . . - Quitman , within the city - adding several new defences to the posi- tion he had won , and sheltering his corps as well as practicable — now awaited the return of daylight under the guns of the formidable citadel , yet to ...
... position . . - Quitman , within the city - adding several new defences to the posi- tion he had won , and sheltering his corps as well as practicable — now awaited the return of daylight under the guns of the formidable citadel , yet to ...
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