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... land they had ceded to that Union's Government for the use of its naval and military posts . So South Carolina , after leading the way to secession on December 20 , 1860 , at once began to work for the retrocession of the forts ...
... land they had ceded to that Union's Government for the use of its naval and military posts . So South Carolina , after leading the way to secession on December 20 , 1860 , at once began to work for the retrocession of the forts ...
Page 33
... and that civilian inter- ference which is very much the same as if a land- lubber owning a ship should grab the wheel re- peatedly in the middle of a storm . Simon Cameron , X then Secretary of War , was good enough as THE CLASH : 1861 33.
... and that civilian inter- ference which is very much the same as if a land- lubber owning a ship should grab the wheel re- peatedly in the middle of a storm . Simon Cameron , X then Secretary of War , was good enough as THE CLASH : 1861 33.
Page 56
... Northern sea - power and the absence of any good land frontier of her own . Kentucky remained neutral for several months . Missouri was saved for the Union by those two resourceful and determined men , Lyon and Blair . Kansas , 56.
... Northern sea - power and the absence of any good land frontier of her own . Kentucky remained neutral for several months . Missouri was saved for the Union by those two resourceful and determined men , Lyon and Blair . Kansas , 56.
Page 64
... overseas . Transport was done by road , rail , sea , and in- land waters . Other things being equal , a hundred tons could be moved by water as easily as ten by rail or one by road . Now , the North 64 CAPTAINS OF THE CIVIL WAR.
... overseas . Transport was done by road , rail , sea , and in- land waters . Other things being equal , a hundred tons could be moved by water as easily as ten by rail or one by road . Now , the North 64 CAPTAINS OF THE CIVIL WAR.
Page 65
... land ; for most of the South- ern rails were laid with a view to getting surplus cotton and tobacco overseas . The strategic gap at Petersburg was due to a very different cause ; for there , in order to keep its local transfers , the ...
... land ; for most of the South- ern rails were laid with a view to getting surplus cotton and tobacco overseas . The strategic gap at Petersburg was due to a very different cause ; for there , in order to keep its local transfers , the ...
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