The History, Civil, Political and Military, of the Southern Rebellion: From Its Incipient Stages to Its Close. Comprehending, Also, All Important State Papers, Ordinances of Secession, Proclamations, Proceedings of Congress, Official Reports of Commanders, Etc., Etc, Volume 2J.D. Torrey, 1861 |
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... United States Treasurer , in payment of work done on the New Orleans Custom - house , and for requiting mail - contractors in the Seceded States , are returned unpaid . Over five hundred thousand dollars in gold belonging to the United ...
... United States Treasurer , in payment of work done on the New Orleans Custom - house , and for requiting mail - contractors in the Seceded States , are returned unpaid . Over five hundred thousand dollars in gold belonging to the United ...
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... United States , and it was at length decided to instruct the Commissioners at Washington to present their ultimatum to Presi- dent Lincoln , and if it should not be accepted , to declare war . ” -A dispatch from Charleston says ...
... United States , and it was at length decided to instruct the Commissioners at Washington to present their ultimatum to Presi- dent Lincoln , and if it should not be accepted , to declare war . ” -A dispatch from Charleston says ...
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... United States , or no act of war be undertaken , unless , in- deed , which is highly improbable , the new Adminis- tration should be insane and wicked enough to dis- turb the existing status by hostile demonstrations against us . " The ...
... United States , or no act of war be undertaken , unless , in- deed , which is highly improbable , the new Adminis- tration should be insane and wicked enough to dis- turb the existing status by hostile demonstrations against us . " The ...
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... United States and reassumed the attributes of sovereign power delegated to it , have formed a Government of their own . The Con- federate States constitute an independent nation , de jure and de facto , and possess a Government per ...
... United States and reassumed the attributes of sovereign power delegated to it , have formed a Government of their own . The Con- federate States constitute an independent nation , de jure and de facto , and possess a Government per ...
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... United States , and such extraordinary conventions , if there shall be need thereof , as the Federal Constitution contemplates and authorizes to be assembled . " It is , however , the purpose of the Secretary of State on this occasion ...
... United States , and such extraordinary conventions , if there shall be need thereof , as the Federal Constitution contemplates and authorizes to be assembled . " It is , however , the purpose of the Secretary of State on this occasion ...
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