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William Wood. PREFACE SIXTY years ago today the guns that thundered round Fort Sumter began the third and greatest modern civil war fought by English - speaking people . This war was quite as full of politics as were the other two- the ...
William Wood. PREFACE SIXTY years ago today the guns that thundered round Fort Sumter began the third and greatest modern civil war fought by English - speaking people . This war was quite as full of politics as were the other two- the ...
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... began to work for the retrocession of the forts defending her famous cotton port of Charleston . These defenses , being of vital con- sequence to both sides , were soon to attract the strained attention of the whole country . There were ...
... began to work for the retrocession of the forts defending her famous cotton port of Charleston . These defenses , being of vital con- sequence to both sides , were soon to attract the strained attention of the whole country . There were ...
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... began to prepare for defense . Next morning Charleston was furious and began to prepare for attack . The South Carolina authorities at once took formal possession of Pinckney and Moultrie ; and three days later seized the United States ...
... began to prepare for defense . Next morning Charleston was furious and began to prepare for attack . The South Carolina authorities at once took formal possession of Pinckney and Moultrie ; and three days later seized the United States ...
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... began to read . But his eyes filled with tears , and , stamping his foot , he said : " I can't read it . Here , Farrand , you read it . " Farrand , however , pleading that his eyes were weak , handed the paper to the younger Union ...
... began to read . But his eyes filled with tears , and , stamping his foot , he said : " I can't read it . Here , Farrand , you read it . " Farrand , however , pleading that his eyes were weak , handed the paper to the younger Union ...
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... began tearing up rails , burning bridges , and cutting the wires , the Union Government found itself enisled in a hostile sea . Its own forces abandoned the Arsenal at Harper's Ferry and the Navy Yard at Norfolk . The work of demolition ...
... began tearing up rails , burning bridges , and cutting the wires , the Union Government found itself enisled in a hostile sea . Its own forces abandoned the Arsenal at Harper's Ferry and the Navy Yard at Norfolk . The work of demolition ...
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