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Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 1. 80 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. 36 0 Browse Search
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 14 0 Browse Search
Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government 11 1 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 32. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 6 0 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: May 4, 1864., [Electronic resource] 5 1 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: June 3, 1861., [Electronic resource] 4 0 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: July 22, 1861.., [Electronic resource] 4 0 Browse Search
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 10: The Armies and the Leaders. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller) 4 0 Browse Search
A Roster of General Officers , Heads of Departments, Senators, Representatives , Military Organizations, &c., &c., in Confederate Service during the War between the States. (ed. Charles C. Jones, Jr. Late Lieut. Colonel of Artillery, C. S. A.) 3 1 Browse Search
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Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Chapter 13: (search)
try exposed and shams torn away forbearance of the Confederate Government who was the Aggressor? Major Anderson's view, and that of a naval officer Horace Greeley on the Fort Sumter case the bombardment and surrender gallant action of ex-senator Wigfall Lincoln's statement of the case. Here, in the brief hour immediately before the outburst of the long-gathering storm, although it can hardly be necessary for the reader who has carefully considered what has already been written, we may e man and the wounding of several others by the explosion of a gun in the firing of a salute to their flag by the garrison on evacuating the fort the day after the surrender. A striking incident marked the close of the bombardment. Ex-Senator Louis T. Wigfall of Texas—a man as generous as he was recklessly Brave—when he saw the fort on fire, supposing the garrison to be hopelessly struggling for the honor of its flag, voluntarily and without authority, went under fire in an open boat to the
Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Appendix I (search)
earnest hope that you, or the proper authority of your State may accede to them. We have the honor to be, with profound esteem, Your obedient servants, Louis T. Wigfall, John Hemphill, D. L. Yulee, S. R. Mallory, Jefferson Davis, C. C. Clay, Jr., Benjamin Fitzpatrick, A. Iverson, John Slidell, J. P. Benjamin. letter of Htates, which are to share her fortunes, shall have an opportunity of joining their counsels with hers. We are, with great respect, your obedient servants, Louis T. Wigfall, John Hemphill, D. L. Yulee, John Slidell, J. P. Benjamin, C. C. Clay, Jr. A. Iverson, P. S.—Some of the signatures to the former letter addressthe departure of several Senators, now on their way to their respective States. Letter of Hon. I. W. Hayne to Senators of seceding States To the Honorable Louis T. Wigfall, D. L. Yulee, J. P. Benjamin, A. Iverson, John Hemphill, John Slidell, and C. C. Clay, Jr. Gentlemen: I have received your letter of the 23d inst., inclos
Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Index (search)
Walworth, Chancellor. Extract from speech concerning Southern states, 220-21. War Between the States. Causes, 70, 250. Beginning, 257-58. Concentration of troops in Virginia, 293. Responsible party (?), 378-79. Washington, George, pres. U. S., 60, 62, 89, 95, 106, 117-18, 139, 193, 380, 428. Note to Congress, 96-97. Col. John A., 375. Webster, Daniel, 13, 108, 112, 114, 121, 125, 153, 156, Extracts from debates, 110, 115, 116-17. New vocabulary, 116-119. Remarks on sovereignty, 128-29, 140-41, 152. Welles, Gideon. Account of cabinet meeting regarding Fort Sumter, 238. Whig party, 29, 32. Explanation, 31. Convention, 43-44. Whiting, General, 384. Wigfall, Louis T., 253. Wilkes, Captain, 402. Williams, Commander, 402. Wilson, James, 135, 136. Remarks on sovereignty, 122. Wisconsin, 26, 214. Wise, Gen. Henry A., 372-74, 376. Worcester, Dr., 76. Y Yulee, D. L., 189. Z Zollicoffer, Gen. Felix K., 348, 352.