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... forces that encircled Sumter . Sumter , still unfinished , had been de- signed for a garrison of six hundred and fifty com- batant men . It now contained exactly sixty - five . It was to have been provisioned for six months . The actual ...
... forces that encircled Sumter . Sumter , still unfinished , had been de- signed for a garrison of six hundred and fifty com- batant men . It now contained exactly sixty - five . It was to have been provisioned for six months . The actual ...
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... forces on the anniversary of its surrender . It was often bombarded , though never taken , in the meantime . The fall of Sumter not only fired all Union loy- alty but made Confederates eager for the fray . The very next day Lincoln ...
... forces on the anniversary of its surrender . It was often bombarded , though never taken , in the meantime . The fall of Sumter not only fired all Union loy- alty but made Confederates eager for the fray . The very next day Lincoln ...
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... forces abandoned the Arsenal at Harper's Ferry and the Navy Yard at Norfolk . The work of demolition at Harper's Ferry had to be bungled off in haste , owing to shortness of time and lack of means . The demolition of Norfolk was better ...
... forces abandoned the Arsenal at Harper's Ferry and the Navy Yard at Norfolk . The work of demolition at Harper's Ferry had to be bungled off in haste , owing to shortness of time and lack of means . The demolition of Norfolk was better ...
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... force from outside , instead of the grad- ual change he wished to see effected from within . He was opposed to slavery ; and ... forces . Three days later " Joe " Johnston took command of the Virginians at Richmond . One day later again ...
... force from outside , instead of the grad- ual change he wished to see effected from within . He was opposed to slavery ; and ... forces . Three days later " Joe " Johnston took command of the Virginians at Richmond . One day later again ...
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... force at Harper's Ferry , while Jackson was given the First Shenandoah Brigade , a unit soon , like himself , to be raised by service into fame . On the first and third of May Virginia issued calls for more men ; and on the third ...
... force at Harper's Ferry , while Jackson was given the First Shenandoah Brigade , a unit soon , like himself , to be raised by service into fame . On the first and third of May Virginia issued calls for more men ; and on the third ...
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