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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 272 0 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events, Diary from December 17, 1860 - April 30, 1864 (ed. Frank Moore) 122 0 Browse Search
Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume I. 100 0 Browse Search
William F. Fox, Lt. Col. U. S. V., Regimental Losses in the American Civil War, 1861-1865: A Treatise on the extent and nature of the mortuary losses in the Union regiments, with full and exhaustive statistics compiled from the official records on file in the state military bureaus and at Washington 90 0 Browse Search
Elias Nason, McClellan's Own Story: the war for the union, the soldiers who fought it, the civilians who directed it, and his relations to them. 84 0 Browse Search
Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume II. 82 0 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 2. (ed. Frank Moore) 82 0 Browse Search
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 1. 74 0 Browse Search
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 3. 70 0 Browse Search
John G. Nicolay, The Outbreak of Rebellion 70 0 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: December 20, 1861., [Electronic resource], Letter from Ex-Governor Lowe, of Maryland. (search)
asunder!" Maryland is indispensable to Virginia in many ways. Without the Eastern Shore of Maryland, how would you hold the Eastern Shore of Virginia? Without Baltimore city and its great railroad, how can you make it the interest of Western Virginia to shake off the foul embrace of the invader? That public work is essential to the development of the wealth of the mountain counties, and the manufacturing industry of Wheeling is but the handmaid of the commercial enterprise of Baltimore. To give up Maryland would in fact be to assume the herculean labor of conquering North western Virginia not by love and community of interest, but by the red vengeance of the sword. But why should I address such arguments to the venerable State which has conducted the sons of freedom in two revolutionary struggles for independence? I will appeal rather to her magnanimous love of all that is great and good, and to her generous sympathy for those who are "persecuted for justice sake." I ca
The Daily Dispatch: December 20, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 17 (search)
ion of the authorities. An attack on the town by the rebels is momentarily expected. Reinforcements have been sent for. At this hour (8 P. M.) all is quiet. Louisville, Ky., Dec. 14. --Last Thursday Company I, of the Ohio 15th regiment, were attacked by a company of dismounted rebels, who fired one volley at them. The Unionists replied with two volleys, wounding several of the rebels, when they retired, carrying off their wounded. None of the Unionists were hurt. News from Western Virginia--proceedings of the Convention. Wheeling, Dec. 15. --The Convention has disposed of the boundary question. They include, unconditionally, an addition to the 39 counties included by the ordinance of the August Convention, viz: The counties of Pocahontas, Greenbrier, Monroe, Mercer, and McDowell. They also have taken in Hampshire, Morgan, Berkley, Jefferson, Pendleton, and Frederick, on the condition that a majority of the votes cast in the District, and a majority of the counti