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... surrendered the Navy Yard , the Stars and Stripes were lowered , and everything ashore fell into the enemy's hands . There was no flagstaff at Fort Pickens ; but the Union colors were at once hung out over the northwest bastion , in ...
... surrendered the Navy Yard , the Stars and Stripes were lowered , and everything ashore fell into the enemy's hands . There was no flagstaff at Fort Pickens ; but the Union colors were at once hung out over the northwest bastion , in ...
Page 5
... surrender by Colonel Chase and Captain Farrand , who had left the United States Army and Navy for the service of the South . Chase , like many another Southern officer , was stirred to his inmost depths by his own change of allegiance ...
... surrender by Colonel Chase and Captain Farrand , who had left the United States Army and Navy for the service of the South . Chase , like many another Southern officer , was stirred to his inmost depths by his own change of allegiance ...
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... surrenders had taken place in Texas , where nineteen army posts were handed over to the State by General Twiggs . San Antonio was swarming with Secessionist rangers . Unionist companies were marching up and down . The Fed- eral garrison ...
... surrenders had taken place in Texas , where nineteen army posts were handed over to the State by General Twiggs . San Antonio was swarming with Secessionist rangers . Unionist companies were marching up and down . The Fed- eral garrison ...
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... , who wore red flannel shoulder straps . " They are McCulloch's , ' she answered ; " General Twiggs surrendered every- thing to the State this morning . " Years after , X when she and her husband and Vinton had suf- ered THE CLASH : 1861 9.
... , who wore red flannel shoulder straps . " They are McCulloch's , ' she answered ; " General Twiggs surrendered every- thing to the State this morning . " Years after , X when she and her husband and Vinton had suf- ered THE CLASH : 1861 9.
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... surrender . Anderson refused . At a quarter to one the next morning the summons was repeated , as pilots had meanwhile reported a Federal vessel ap- proaching the harbor . Anderson again refused and again admitted that he would be ...
... surrender . Anderson refused . At a quarter to one the next morning the summons was repeated , as pilots had meanwhile reported a Federal vessel ap- proaching the harbor . Anderson again refused and again admitted that he would be ...
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