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... enemy's hands . There was no flagstaff at Fort Pickens ; but the Union colors were at once hung out over the northwest bastion , in full view of the shore , while the Supply and Wyandotte , the only naval vessels in the bay , and both ...
... enemy's hands . There was no flagstaff at Fort Pickens ; but the Union colors were at once hung out over the northwest bastion , in full view of the shore , while the Supply and Wyandotte , the only naval vessels in the bay , and both ...
Page 8
... enemies parted as the best of per- sonal friends . Sherman left everything in perfect order , accounted for every cent of the funds , and received the heartiest thanks and best wishes of all the governing officials , who embodied the ...
... enemies parted as the best of per- sonal friends . Sherman left everything in perfect order , accounted for every cent of the funds , and received the heartiest thanks and best wishes of all the governing officials , who embodied the ...
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... enemy , who cheered the gallan- try of Sumter while sneering at the caution of the Union fleet outside . The fact was , however , that this so - called fleet was a mere assemblage of vessels quite unable to fight the Charleston ...
... enemy , who cheered the gallan- try of Sumter while sneering at the caution of the Union fleet outside . The fact was , however , that this so - called fleet was a mere assemblage of vessels quite unable to fight the Charleston ...
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... enemy hands at both these Virginian outposts of the Fed- eral forces . Through six long days of dire suspense not a ship , not a train , came into Washington . At last , on the twenty - fifth , the Seventh New York got through , having ...
... enemy hands at both these Virginian outposts of the Fed- eral forces . Through six long days of dire suspense not a ship , not a train , came into Washington . At last , on the twenty - fifth , the Seventh New York got through , having ...
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... enemy won , a single officer , who , according to Winfield Scott , was alone worth more than fifty thousand veteran men . On the seventeenth of April Virginia voted for secession . On the eighteenth Lee had a long confidential interview ...
... enemy won , a single officer , who , according to Winfield Scott , was alone worth more than fifty thousand veteran men . On the seventeenth of April Virginia voted for secession . On the eighteenth Lee had a long confidential interview ...
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