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... vessel coming in with reinforcements 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 ...
... vessel coming in with reinforcements 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 ...
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... 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.
... 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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... vessel ap- proaching the harbor . Anderson again refused and again admitted that he would be starved out on the fifteenth . Thereupon Beauregard's aides declared immediate surrender the only possible alternative to a bombardment and 12 ...
... vessel ap- proaching the harbor . Anderson again refused and again admitted that he would be starved out on the fifteenth . Thereupon Beauregard's aides declared immediate surrender the only possible alternative to a bombardment and 12 ...
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... vessels quite unable to fight the Charleston batteries and without the slightest chance of saving Sumter . Having done his best for the honor of the flag , though not a man was killed within the walls , An- derson surrendered in the ...
... vessels quite unable to fight the Charleston batteries and without the slightest chance of saving Sumter . Having done his best for the honor of the flag , though not a man was killed within the walls , An- derson surrendered in the ...
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... vessels that carried its rice , cotton , and tobacco crops to market and brought back made goods in return . Yankees , Britishers , and Bluenoses ( as Nova Scotian craft were called ) did most of the oversea transportation . Moreover ...
... vessels that carried its rice , cotton , and tobacco crops to market and brought back made goods in return . Yankees , Britishers , and Bluenoses ( as Nova Scotian craft were called ) did most of the oversea transportation . Moreover ...
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