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... once began to work for the retrocession of the forts defending her famous cotton port of Charleston . These defenses , being of vital con- sequence to both sides , were soon to attract the strained attention of the whole country . There ...
... once began to work for the retrocession of the forts defending her famous cotton port of Charleston . These defenses , being of vital con- sequence to both sides , were soon to attract the strained attention of the whole country . There ...
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... once took formal possession of Pinckney and Moultrie ; and three days later seized the United States Ar- senal in Charleston itself . Ten days later again , on January 9 , 1861 , the Star of the West , a merchant vessel coming in with ...
... once took formal possession of Pinckney and Moultrie ; and three days later seized the United States Ar- senal in Charleston itself . Ten days later again , on January 9 , 1861 , the Star of the West , a merchant vessel coming in with ...
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... once hung out over the northwest bastion , in full view of the shore , while the Supply and Wyandotte , the only naval vessels in the bay , and both commanded by loyal men , mastheaded extra colors and stood clear 4 CAPTAINS OF THE ...
... once hung out over the northwest bastion , in full view of the shore , while the Supply and Wyandotte , the only naval vessels in the bay , and both commanded by loyal men , mastheaded extra colors and stood clear 4 CAPTAINS OF THE ...
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... once but for the struggle it has cost me to separate myself from a service to which I have devoted the best years of my life . During the whole of that time I have ex- perienced nothing but kindness from my superiors and a most cordial ...
... once but for the struggle it has cost me to separate myself from a service to which I have devoted the best years of my life . During the whole of that time I have ex- perienced nothing but kindness from my superiors and a most cordial ...
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... once they had been domiciled at Arlington , the estate that came to him through his wife , Mary Custis , great - granddaughter of Martha Washington . But , like Lincoln before the war , he wished emancipation to come from the slave ...
... once they had been domiciled at Arlington , the estate that came to him through his wife , Mary Custis , great - granddaughter of Martha Washington . But , like Lincoln before the war , he wished emancipation to come from the slave ...
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