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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... battery . Business has been suspended , and fearful excitement prevails . Gen. Beauregard has ordered out 5,000 more troops . Companies of volunteers are constantly arriving and being put in position in the harbor . New batteries are ...
... battery . Business has been suspended , and fearful excitement prevails . Gen. Beauregard has ordered out 5,000 more troops . Companies of volunteers are constantly arriving and being put in position in the harbor . New batteries are ...
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... batteries would open fire on him in one hour from that time . -Fire opened on Sumter from all the rebel bat- teries , fortifications , and the floating battery - the first gun being fired at 4. 30 A. M. Anderson re- turned the fire soon ...
... batteries would open fire on him in one hour from that time . -Fire opened on Sumter from all the rebel bat- teries , fortifications , and the floating battery - the first gun being fired at 4. 30 A. M. Anderson re- turned the fire soon ...
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... batteries on Fort Sumter in one hour from this time . " We have the honor to be , very respectfully , " Your obedient ... battery followed ; then Fort Moul- will abstain from opening fire upon you . Colonel trie answered with the thunder ...
... batteries on Fort Sumter in one hour from this time . " We have the honor to be , very respectfully , " Your obedient ... battery followed ; then Fort Moul- will abstain from opening fire upon you . Colonel trie answered with the thunder ...
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... battery , dropped in their resonant | ming's Point iron battery , the Floating iron - clad bat- tery anchored off the end of Sullivan's island , and the Enfilading bat- tery on Sullivan's island — all of which were then pouring in a ...
... battery , dropped in their resonant | ming's Point iron battery , the Floating iron - clad bat- tery anchored off the end of Sullivan's island , and the Enfilading bat- tery on Sullivan's island — all of which were then pouring in a ...
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... battery . " defense and assault . THE BOMBARDMENT OF FORT SUMTER . 77 The Bombardment . The Bombardment . asked . The Bombardment Another officer present thus recorded the nature and effect of that literal rain of iron which , all the ...
... battery . " defense and assault . THE BOMBARDMENT OF FORT SUMTER . 77 The Bombardment . The Bombardment . asked . The Bombardment Another officer present thus recorded the nature and effect of that literal rain of iron which , all the ...
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