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... actions of Colonel Sherman . " Long before this Louisiana had seceded , and Sherman had gone north to Lancaster , Ohio , where he arrived about the time of Lincoln's inauguration . Meanwhile , on the eighteenth of February , the ...
... actions of Colonel Sherman . " Long before this Louisiana had seceded , and Sherman had gone north to Lancaster , Ohio , where he arrived about the time of Lincoln's inauguration . Meanwhile , on the eighteenth of February , the ...
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... action sta- tions and fired back steadily with solid shot . The ironclad battery was an exasperating target ; for the shot bounced off it like dried peas . Moultrie seemed more vulnerable . But appearances were deceptive ; for it was ...
... action sta- tions and fired back steadily with solid shot . The ironclad battery was an exasperating target ; for the shot bounced off it like dried peas . Moultrie seemed more vulnerable . But appearances were deceptive ; for it was ...
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... action were : first , his aversion from taking any part in coercing the home folks of Virginia ; secondly , his belief in State rights , tempered though it was by admiration for the Union ; and thirdly , his clear perception that war ...
... action were : first , his aversion from taking any part in coercing the home folks of Virginia ; secondly , his belief in State rights , tempered though it was by admiration for the Union ; and thirdly , his clear perception that war ...
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... action . Lyon was a born leader , though Grant and Sher- man ( then in St. Louis as junior ex - officers , quite unknown to fame ) were almost the only men , apart from Blair , to see any signs of preeminence in this fiery little red ...
... action . Lyon was a born leader , though Grant and Sher- man ( then in St. Louis as junior ex - officers , quite unknown to fame ) were almost the only men , apart from Blair , to see any signs of preeminence in this fiery little red ...
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... action , he failed to strike home at the critical moment . Yet though he failed in arms he won by proclama- tions ; so much so , in fact , that Words not Deeds might well have been his motto . He began with a bombastic address to the ...
... action , he failed to strike home at the critical moment . Yet though he failed in arms he won by proclama- tions ; so much so , in fact , that Words not Deeds might well have been his motto . He began with a bombastic address to the ...
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