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... sides , were soon to attract the strained attention of the whole country . There were three minor forts : Castle Pinckney , dozing away , in charge of a solitary sergeant , on an island ... side ; and Fort Johnson over 1 THE CLASH: 1861 Page.
... sides , were soon to attract the strained attention of the whole country . There were three minor forts : Castle Pinckney , dozing away , in charge of a solitary sergeant , on an island ... side ; and Fort Johnson over 1 THE CLASH: 1861 Page.
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William Wood. attackers on its landward side ; and Fort Johnson over on James Island . Lastly , there was the world- renowned Fort Sumter , which then stood , un- finished and ungarrisoned , on a little islet beside the main ship channel ...
William Wood. attackers on its landward side ; and Fort Johnson over on James Island . Lastly , there was the world- renowned Fort Sumter , which then stood , un- finished and ungarrisoned , on a little islet beside the main ship channel ...
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... sides turned , and rightly turned ; for this was Robert Lee , Lee of Virginia , soon to become one of the very few really great commanders of the world . As Lee came up to the hotel at San Antonio he was warmly greeted by Mrs. Darrow ...
... sides turned , and rightly turned ; for this was Robert Lee , Lee of Virginia , soon to become one of the very few really great commanders of the world . As Lee came up to the hotel at San Antonio he was warmly greeted by Mrs. Darrow ...
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... side and Lee had suffered for the other , she wrote her recollection of that memorable day in these few , telling words : " I shall never for- get his look of astonishment , as , with his lips trem- bling and his eyes full of tears , he ...
... side and Lee had suffered for the other , she wrote her recollection of that memorable day in these few , telling words : " I shall never for- get his look of astonishment , as , with his lips trem- bling and his eyes full of tears , he ...
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... sides knew that Anderson's gallant little garrison must be starved out by the fifteenth . But the excited Carolinians would not wait , because they feared that the arrival of rein- forcements might balk them of their easy prey . On the ...
... sides knew that Anderson's gallant little garrison must be starved out by the fifteenth . But the excited Carolinians would not wait , because they feared that the arrival of rein- forcements might balk them of their easy prey . On the ...
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