The civil war and our own timesMacmillan, 1900 |
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... BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG Advance Movements The First Day's Battle The Second Day's Battle The Third Day's Battle CHAPTER V CAUSES OF NORTHERN SUCCESS The Blockade . The Border States • Finances Foreign Relations CHAPTER VII A New Problem ...
... BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG Advance Movements The First Day's Battle The Second Day's Battle The Third Day's Battle CHAPTER V CAUSES OF NORTHERN SUCCESS The Blockade . The Border States • Finances Foreign Relations CHAPTER VII A New Problem ...
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... battle was now fairly under way a battle that was to rend the party in twain 4 SIDE LIGHTS ON AMERICAN HISTORY.
... battle was now fairly under way a battle that was to rend the party in twain 4 SIDE LIGHTS ON AMERICAN HISTORY.
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Henry William Elson. a battle that was to rend the party in twain . The one vital point on which the combatants could not agree was slavery in the Territories . The South demanded that Congress protect slavery in the Territories against ...
Henry William Elson. a battle that was to rend the party in twain . The one vital point on which the combatants could not agree was slavery in the Territories . The South demanded that Congress protect slavery in the Territories against ...
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... battle were greatly strengthened by the want of harmony among the Democrats . The great convention met in a wigwam built for the purpose and said to accommodate ten thousand people . All the free States and several slave States were rep ...
... battle were greatly strengthened by the want of harmony among the Democrats . The great convention met in a wigwam built for the purpose and said to accommodate ten thousand people . All the free States and several slave States were rep ...
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... battle and had contended with singular cour- age in the National Senate and from the public platform for what he believed to be right in the government of the Nation . The general belief on all sides was that the nomi- nation of Seward ...
... battle and had contended with singular cour- age in the National Senate and from the public platform for what he believed to be right in the government of the Nation . The general belief on all sides was that the nomi- nation of Seward ...
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