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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 938 0 Browse Search
William Tecumseh Sherman, Memoirs of General William T. Sherman . 220 0 Browse Search
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 3 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) 178 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. 148 0 Browse Search
C. Edwards Lester, Life and public services of Charles Sumner: Born Jan. 6, 1811. Died March 11, 1874. 96 0 Browse Search
Colonel William Preston Johnston, The Life of General Albert Sidney Johnston : His Service in the Armies of the United States, the Republic of Texas, and the Confederate States. 92 0 Browse Search
William Hepworth Dixon, White Conquest: Volume 1 88 0 Browse Search
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories 66 0 Browse Search
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight) 64 0 Browse Search
William Hepworth Dixon, White Conquest: Volume 2 64 0 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: December 21, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
England's opportunity. --Now is England's opportunity. It may never again occur. Seized; and Great Britain remains for all time the leading power among the nations. Until the last ten years her supremacy was undisputed. Since the conquest of California and the discovery of its gold, a new power has spring suddenly into the advance, and dared to contest with her the precedence in resources and power. For a while, this formidable rival bid fair to make its claim good. Suddenly civil disruption has paralyzed the young empire; and one of the chief elements of its strength and wealth has seceded from the Union. The alliance of this seceding political power is as desirable to England as its association was valuable to the North. The present opportunity offers Great Britain an ally more valuable than that of the whole European continent, ensuring her predominance in the family of nations, and effectually humbling the pretensions and curbing the aspirations of her Yankee riva
The Daily Dispatch: December 21, 1861., [Electronic resource], Later from California--Unprecedented Freshets--Gen. Shields Accepts the appointment of Brigadier General. (search)
Later from California--Unprecedented Freshets--Gen. Shields Accepts the appointment of Brigadier General. San Francisco, Dec. 10. --During the past four days the heaviest rains experienced for years prevailed here, causing a severe freshet in the valleys. The river broke through the levee and flooded Sacramento from one to four feet deep. This morning the people were driven to the second story of their houses, and all business is suspended. The freshet from the recent heavy rains extend throughout the valley portions of the State, doing immense damage to the property of farmers, drowning their stock, carrying off bridges, fences, &c. Part of Maysville and Stockton, as well as Sacramento were inundated. The entire number of lives lost is not known. Several brick buildings had fallen at Maysville. The loss of property at Sacramento is estimated at half a million. Entire communication with many districts was cut off, and business suspended. The weather for th