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Page 4
... means in defense of Union property . Next morning Slemmer and his fifty faithful men were landed on Santa Rosa Island , just one mile across the bay , where the dilapidated old Fort Pickens stood forlorn . Two days later the Com- modore ...
... means in defense of Union property . Next morning Slemmer and his fifty faithful men were landed on Santa Rosa Island , just one mile across the bay , where the dilapidated old Fort Pickens stood forlorn . Two days later the Com- modore ...
Page 17
... means . The demolition of Norfolk was better done , and the ships were sunk at anchor . But many valuable stores fell into enemy hands at both these Virginian outposts of the Fed- eral forces . Through six long days of dire suspense not ...
... means . The demolition of Norfolk was better done , and the ships were sunk at anchor . But many valuable stores fell into enemy hands at both these Virginian outposts of the Fed- eral forces . Through six long days of dire suspense not ...
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... mean a violent change of all the ways of Southern life , above all , a change imposed by force from outside , instead of the grad- ual change he wished to see effected from within . He was opposed to slavery ; and both his own and X his ...
... mean a violent change of all the ways of Southern life , above all , a change imposed by force from outside , instead of the grad- ual change he wished to see effected from within . He was opposed to slavery ; and both his own and X his ...
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... means war . " And it did . Again a single week sufficed for the striking of the blow . The conference was held on the eleventh of June . On the fourteenth Lyon reached Jefferson City only to find that the Governor had decamped for ...
... means war . " And it did . Again a single week sufficed for the striking of the blow . The conference was held on the eleventh of June . On the fourteenth Lyon reached Jefferson City only to find that the Governor had decamped for ...
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... means of transportation . The Confederates enjoyed better control from government head- quarters , where the Cabinet mostly had the sense to trust in Lee . Scott , on the other hand , was tied down by orders to defend Washington by ...
... means of transportation . The Confederates enjoyed better control from government head- quarters , where the Cabinet mostly had the sense to trust in Lee . Scott , on the other hand , was tied down by orders to defend Washington by ...
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