The Lincoln Memorial: A Record of the Life, Assassination, and Obsequies of the Martyred PresidentJohn Gilmary Shea Bunce & Huntington, 1865 - 288 pages |
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Page 37
... hours with only sixty men , finding it impossible to save the fort or be relieved , agreed to evacuate , and did so on Sunday , April 14th , 1861 . This blow decided the hesitating Southern States , which now saw that war was inevitable ...
... hours with only sixty men , finding it impossible to save the fort or be relieved , agreed to evacuate , and did so on Sunday , April 14th , 1861 . This blow decided the hesitating Southern States , which now saw that war was inevitable ...
Page 51
... hour of joy unmingled . His anxious hours of care seemed now to be fast closing and brighter days arising . His return to Washington had nothing to dampen this joy . The news of Lee's surrender followed soon after , and on the eventful ...
... hour of joy unmingled . His anxious hours of care seemed now to be fast closing and brighter days arising . His return to Washington had nothing to dampen this joy . The news of Lee's surrender followed soon after , and on the eventful ...
Page 60
... hour after the time they had intended to start, and they spoke about waiting half an hour longer, for the President went with reluctance, as General Grant had gone north, and he did not wish the people to be disappointed, as they had ...
... hour after the time they had intended to start, and they spoke about waiting half an hour longer, for the President went with reluctance, as General Grant had gone north, and he did not wish the people to be disappointed, as they had ...
Page 56
... hour of night past officers and sentries appa- rently unquestioned and unchecked . A plot , the whole extent and ramifications of which are not yet made known , had long been formed to assassinate the Pre- sident and the prominent ...
... hour of night past officers and sentries appa- rently unquestioned and unchecked . A plot , the whole extent and ramifications of which are not yet made known , had long been formed to assassinate the Pre- sident and the prominent ...
Page 59
... hour , and then proceeded to the theatre . Colored people living on the alley saw him in con- ference with Spangler , and placing his horse in position after the hour when the performance commenced . Others saw him around the entrance ...
... hour , and then proceeded to the theatre . Colored people living on the alley saw him in con- ference with Spangler , and placing his horse in position after the hour when the performance commenced . Others saw him around the entrance ...
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