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... hundred . It was , how- ever , loyal to the Union ; and its commandant , Major Robert Anderson , though born in the slave- owning State of Kentucky , was determined to fight . The situation , here as elsewhere , was compli- cated by ...
... hundred . It was , how- ever , loyal to the Union ; and its commandant , Major Robert Anderson , though born in the slave- owning State of Kentucky , was determined to fight . The situation , here as elsewhere , was compli- cated by ...
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... hundred state militiamen surrounded him , and his old brother- officer , the future Confederate General Bragg , per- suaded him that the Union was really at an end , to all intents and purposes , and when he found no orders , no support ...
... hundred state militiamen surrounded him , and his old brother- officer , the future Confederate General Bragg , per- suaded him that the Union was really at an end , to all intents and purposes , and when he found no orders , no support ...
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... government . " Three days later the provisional Confederate Con- gress at Montgomery in Alabama passed an Army Act authorizing the enlistment of one hundred prop- thousand men for one year's service . Nine days later THE CLASH : 1861 11.
... government . " Three days later the provisional Confederate Con- gress at Montgomery in Alabama passed an Army Act authorizing the enlistment of one hundred prop- thousand men for one year's service . Nine days later THE CLASH : 1861 11.
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... hundred and fifty com- batant men . It now contained exactly sixty - five . It was to have been provisioned for six months . The actual supplies could not be made to last be- yond two weeks . Both sides knew that Anderson's gallant ...
... hundred and fifty com- batant men . It now contained exactly sixty - five . It was to have been provisioned for six months . The actual supplies could not be made to last be- yond two weeks . Both sides knew that Anderson's gallant ...
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... hundred and forty miles to the neigh- borhood of Lexington , with an average width of only twenty - four . Bounded on the west by the Alleghanies and on the east by the long Blue Ridge this valley was a regular covered way by which the ...
... hundred and forty miles to the neigh- borhood of Lexington , with an average width of only twenty - four . Bounded on the west by the Alleghanies and on the east by the long Blue Ridge this valley was a regular covered way by which the ...
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