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... supplies for Anderson , was fired on and forced to turn back . Anderson , who had expected a man - of - war , would not fire in her defense , partly because he still hoped there might yet be peace . While Charleston stood at gaze and ...
... supplies for Anderson , was fired on and forced to turn back . Anderson , who had expected a man - of - war , would not fire in her defense , partly because he still hoped there might yet be peace . While Charleston stood at gaze and ...
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... 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 CIVIL WAR.
... 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 CIVIL WAR.
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... supplies could not be made to last be- yond two weeks . Both 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 ...
... supplies could not be made to last be- yond two weeks . Both 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 ...
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... supply Missouri's quota of three - month volunteers the Governor denounced the proposed coercion as " illegal , unconstitutional , revolutionary , inhuman , and diabolical " ; and thereafter did his best to make Missouri join the South ...
... supply Missouri's quota of three - month volunteers the Governor denounced the proposed coercion as " illegal , unconstitutional , revolutionary , inhuman , and diabolical " ; and thereafter did his best to make Missouri join the South ...
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... ) and demoralizing . No American officer had ever had the chance even of seeing , much less handling , thirty - six thousand men under arms . This force was followed by an immense and unwieldy train of supplies THE CLASH : 1861 41.
... ) and demoralizing . No American officer had ever had the chance even of seeing , much less handling , thirty - six thousand men under arms . This force was followed by an immense and unwieldy train of supplies THE CLASH : 1861 41.
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