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... the Sixth Massachusetts were attacked by a mob in Baltimore , through which the direct rails ran from North to South . Baltimore was full of secession , GENERAL ROBERT E. LEE Photograph . In the collection of 16 CAPTAINS OF THE CIVIL WAR.
... the Sixth Massachusetts were attacked by a mob in Baltimore , through which the direct rails ran from North to South . Baltimore was full of secession , GENERAL ROBERT E. LEE Photograph . In the collection of 16 CAPTAINS OF THE CIVIL WAR.
Page 17
... rails , burning bridges , and cutting the wires , the Union Government found itself enisled in a hostile sea . Its own forces abandoned the Arsenal at Harper's Ferry and the Navy Yard at Norfolk . The work of demolition at Harper's ...
... rails , burning bridges , and cutting the wires , the Union Government found itself enisled in a hostile sea . Its own forces abandoned the Arsenal at Harper's Ferry and the Navy Yard at Norfolk . The work of demolition at Harper's ...
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... coveted by Virginia for its Arsenal as well as for its command of road , rail , and water routes . The plan to raid it was arranged at Richmond on the sixteenth of April . But when the raiders reached it 20 CAPTAINS OF THE CIVIL WAR.
... coveted by Virginia for its Arsenal as well as for its command of road , rail , and water routes . The plan to raid it was arranged at Richmond on the sixteenth of April . But when the raiders reached it 20 CAPTAINS OF THE CIVIL WAR.
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... rail and river junction on the Mississippi by hold- ing St. Louis . He had also secured supremacy in arms , munitions , and morale . By turning the Governor out of Jefferson City , the State capital , he had deprived the Confederates of ...
... rail and river junction on the Mississippi by hold- ing St. Louis . He had also secured supremacy in arms , munitions , and morale . By turning the Governor out of Jefferson City , the State capital , he had deprived the Confederates of ...
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... rail , from Wheeling and Parkersburg , on Grafton , the only junction in West Virginia . The southern ran up the Great Kanawha , with good navigation to Charleston and water enough for small craft on to Gauley Bridge , which was the ...
... rail , from Wheeling and Parkersburg , on Grafton , the only junction in West Virginia . The southern ran up the Great Kanawha , with good navigation to Charleston and water enough for small craft on to Gauley Bridge , which was the ...
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