War Stories for my Grandchildren

War Stories for my Grandchildren

War Stories for my GrandchildrenAfter the inauguration of President Lincoln, March 4, 1861, much discussion followed in...
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Author: Foster, John Watson,1836-1917
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War Stories for my Grandchildren

War Stories for my Grandchildren

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War Stories for my Grandchildren

CHF 11.71 CHF 5.85
Author: Foster, John Watson,1836-1917
Format: eBook
Language: English

War Stories for my Grandchildren

After the inauguration of President Lincoln, March 4, 1861, much discussion followed in Washington and in the North, and plans were proposed respecting peaceable adjustment of the troubles occasioned by the secession of the Southern States from the Union. But the first hostile gun fired at Fort Sumter and the National flag, on April 12, put an end to all peace proposals, and solidified the North in favor of restoring and preserving the Union by force of arms. As one of our statesmen of that day expressed it, yesterday there had been difference of opinion, to-day there was unity. When two days afterwards the President's call for seventy-five thousand volunteers for three months' service was issued, my first impulse was to respond to that call; but before any movement for enlistments could be made in our locality the quota of Indiana was filled to overflowing. I was content for several reasons to await the progress of events. I cherished no desire for military glory, and distrusted my special fitness for the life of a soldier. In my college days I had contracted a horror of war and regarded it as the most[2] terrible and futile of human follies. Shortly before my graduation I had delivered a public address for my literary society on peace and war, using as its title Charles Sumner's well-known oration"The True Grandeur of Nations." I regarded myself as a peace man. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 51552
Author: Foster, John Watson
Release Date: Mar 25, 2016
Format: eBook
Language: English

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