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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 1,030 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. 578 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. 482 0 Browse Search
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 1. 198 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. 152 0 Browse Search
Admiral David D. Porter, The Naval History of the Civil War. 116 0 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events, Diary from December 17, 1860 - April 30, 1864 (ed. Frank Moore) 96 0 Browse Search
Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government 96 0 Browse Search
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 2. 94 0 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 2. (ed. Frank Moore) 92 0 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: February 28, 1861., [Electronic resource], The surrender of the Government property in Texas. (search)
The surrender of the Government property in Texas. The surrender by Gen. Twiggs to the State of Texas of the United States Government property within its limits has been published. The value of the property is estimated at $1,300,000. A Washington dispatch says: The dispatches received yesterday by the Secretary of War, informing him that General Twiggs had surrendered the military property of the General Government to the State of Texas, was from the Commissioner of Subsistence, daState of Texas, was from the Commissioner of Subsistence, dated at New Orleans. He adds that, as a boon, the use of the Government means of transportation was allowed to take the Federal troops to the seaboard, and they were permitted to take with them three or four pieces of cannon and their side arms. The Secretary also received this morning documents from Texas showing that as early as the 7th of February General Twiggs was entering into negotiations with the Texans for the surrender of the military property. Col. Waite was several weeks ago a
The Daily Dispatch: February 28, 1861., [Electronic resource], Deaths from Fire. (search)
From Washington. Washington, Feb. 27. --All the employees of the Post-Office Department, and Department of the Interior, waited on, and bade farewell to the President to-day, also the Judges and officers of the Court of Claims. Dispatches from Texas say the arsenal at San Antonio, and some forts in Northern Texas have been seized by State troops, and some cannons at Brazos and Brownsville. There is no mention of Twiggs' surrender. A rumor that he had been shot by a soldier is evidently unfounded. The City Councils took farewell of the President to-day, and visited Lincoln, who addressed them, saying he had no disposition or intention to infringe the rights of any section. Much of the present trouble originates from our misunderstanding each other. He trusted when we are better acquainted, we will become stronger friends.