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Open book Reminiscences

Title Reminiscences

Creator Averell, William Woods, 1832-1900

Date 1800

Place New Southwest

Language English

Extent 19, [2], 12, 7-22, 41-47, 26 ℓ. 33 cm

User-Contributed Transcription 1 Going to the WarIt is the purpose of this narrative to refer to the political conditions of the country which preceded the war only in their relation to the officers of the army. For years the controversies of the press and the delegates in Congress had become watched by them with keen attention, and the growing acrimony and passions of the agitation with recurrent outbursts of violence and bloodshed had been regarded by them as a state of things that would be controlled or quelled in due time. The Sentiment of loyalty to the flag and love for the nation was universally and unquestionably dominant in the minds and heart of the army until the winter of 1860-61. Not until the thought of secession and disunion had become an organized threat did officers of Southern birth begin to examine their own minds and purposes. Then began the straining? and tightening of the sacred? tie, which was the strongest thing in the South?

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Call Number VAULT folio Graff 121

BibID 991533598805867

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 2509px × 3129px 22.49 MB

File Created 07/30/2012

Filename 991533598805867_graff_121_0001.tif

Unique Identifier NL11E38U

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