Captains of the Civil War1921 |
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... 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 less than a mile from the city ; Fort Moultrie , feebly ...
... 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 less than a mile from the city ; Fort Moultrie , feebly ...
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... soon to be forced out of office on a charge of misapplying public funds . Floyd , as an ardent Southerner , was using the last lax days of the Bu- chanan Government to get the army posts ready for capitulation whenever secession should ...
... soon to be forced out of office on a charge of misapplying public funds . Floyd , as an ardent Southerner , was using the last lax days of the Bu- chanan Government to get the army posts ready for capitulation whenever secession should ...
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... 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 , the anxious wife of the confidential clerk to Major Vinton , the staunch Union ...
... 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 , the anxious wife of the confidential clerk to Major Vinton , the staunch Union ...
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... soon as this ? ' In a short time I saw him crossing the plaza on his way to headquarters and noticed particularly that he was in citizen's dress . He returned at night and shut himself into his room , which was over mine ; and I heard ...
... soon as this ? ' In a short time I saw him crossing the plaza on his way to headquarters and noticed particularly that he was in citizen's dress . He returned at night and shut himself into his room , which was over mine ; and I heard ...
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... soon , like himself , to be raised by service into fame . On the first and third of May Virginia issued calls for more men ; and on the third Lincoln , who quite understood the signs of the times , called for men whose term of service ...
... soon , like himself , to be raised by service into fame . On the first and third of May Virginia issued calls for more men ; and on the third Lincoln , who quite understood the signs of the times , called for men whose term of service ...
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