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... United States Ar- senal in Charleston itself . Ten days later again , on January 9 , 1861 , the Star of the West , a merchant vessel coming in with reinforcements and supplies for Anderson , was fired on and forced to turn back ...
... United States Ar- senal in Charleston itself . Ten days later again , on January 9 , 1861 , the Star of the West , a merchant vessel coming in with reinforcements and supplies for Anderson , was fired on and forced to turn back ...
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... United States Army and Navy for the service of the South . Chase , like many another Southern officer , was stirred to his inmost depths by his own change of allegiance . " I have come , " he said , " to ask of you young officers ...
... United States Army and Navy for the service of the South . Chase , like many another Southern officer , was stirred to his inmost depths by his own change of allegiance . " I have come , " he said , " to ask of you young officers ...
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... United States . The Union - esto perpetua . " Recent events foreshadow a great change , and it becomes all men to choose . . . . I beg you to take immediate steps to relieve me as superintendent , the moment the State determines to ...
... United States . The Union - esto perpetua . " Recent events foreshadow a great change , and it becomes all men to choose . . . . I beg you to take immediate steps to relieve me as superintendent , the moment the State determines to ...
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... happened . In the midst of this confusion the colonel com- manding the Second Regiment of United States Cavalry arrived from Fort Mason . He was on his way to Washington , where Winfield Scott , the 8 CAPTAINS OF THE CIVIL WAR.
... happened . In the midst of this confusion the colonel com- manding the Second Regiment of United States Cavalry arrived from Fort Mason . He was on his way to Washington , where Winfield Scott , the 8 CAPTAINS OF THE CIVIL WAR.
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... United States with those of Jefferson Davis as President of the seceding parts . " The power confided to me will be used to hold , occupy , and possess the erty and places belonging to the government . " Three days later the provisional ...
... United States with those of Jefferson Davis as President of the seceding parts . " The power confided to me will be used to hold , occupy , and possess the erty and places belonging to the government . " Three days later the provisional ...
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