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... fought by English - speaking people . This war was quite as full of politics as were the other two- the War of the American Revolution and that of Puritan and Cavalier . But , though the present Chronicle never ignores the vital ...
... fought by English - speaking people . This war was quite as full of politics as were the other two- the War of the American Revolution and that of Puritan and Cavalier . But , though the present Chronicle never ignores the vital ...
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... fought each other with help from both sides . Anderson , of Fort Sumter fame , was appointed to the Kentucky command in May . But here the crisis did not occur for months , while a border campaign was already being fought in West ...
... fought each other with help from both sides . Anderson , of Fort Sumter fame , was appointed to the Kentucky command in May . But here the crisis did not occur for months , while a border campaign was already being fought in West ...
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... fought . The Union forces were based on the Potomac from Washington to Harper's Ferry . The Confederates faced them from Bull Run to Winchester , which points were nearly sixty miles apart by road and rail . The Union forces were fifty ...
... fought . The Union forces were based on the Potomac from Washington to Harper's Ferry . The Confederates faced them from Bull Run to Winchester , which points were nearly sixty miles apart by road and rail . The Union forces were fifty ...
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... fought . Moreover , the side that won the battle lost the war . And yet Bull Run had many points of very great importance . In spite of all shortcomings it showed the good quality of the troops engaged : if not as soldiers , at all ...
... fought . Moreover , the side that won the battle lost the war . And yet Bull Run had many points of very great importance . In spite of all shortcomings it showed the good quality of the troops engaged : if not as soldiers , at all ...
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... fought . On the other hand , the four border States , though officially Federal under stress of circumstances , were divided against themselves . In In Maryland , Kentucky , Missouri , and Kansas , many citizens took the Southern side ...
... fought . On the other hand , the four border States , though officially Federal under stress of circumstances , were divided against themselves . In In Maryland , Kentucky , Missouri , and Kansas , many citizens took the Southern side ...
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