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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. 58 4 Browse Search
Abraham Lincoln, Stephen A. Douglas, Debates of Lincoln and Douglas: Carefully Prepared by the Reporters of Each Party at the times of their Delivery. 37 1 Browse Search
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories 35 21 Browse Search
Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 2 34 2 Browse Search
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 32 6 Browse Search
Wendell Phillips, Theodore C. Pease, Speeches, Lectures and Letters of Wendell Phillips: Volume 1 26 2 Browse Search
William H. Herndon, Jesse William Weik, Herndon's Lincoln: The True Story of a Great Life, Etiam in minimis major, The History and Personal Recollections of Abraham Lincoln by William H. Herndon, for twenty years his friend and Jesse William Weik 18 0 Browse Search
George P. Rowell and Company's American Newspaper Directory, containing accurate lists of all the newspapers and periodicals published in the United States and territories, and the dominion of Canada, and British Colonies of North America., together with a description of the towns and cities in which they are published. (ed. George P. Rowell and company) 16 0 Browse Search
John Jay Chapman, William Lloyd Garrison 11 1 Browse Search
John F. Hume, The abolitionists together with personal memories of the struggle for human rights 10 4 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: January 7, 1862., [Electronic resource], The ladies of Havana and the South. (search)
aps, etc., were captured. Our force was 300--not more than 75 were engaged in the fight. The force of the enemy was about 300. Jeff. Thompson again at work. The Memphis Avalanche, of the 1st inst int. says: A letter to the editor from a well-informed friend at New Madrid, dated last night, informs us that Jeff. Thompson had just returned from a scout near Commerce, Missouri, where he took the Federal steamer City of Alton. The particulars are not given. The City of Alton left St. Louis on Friday afternoon with the mail for Cairo. Since the above was written, we learn from a gentleman, who conversed with Jeff Thompson, that he did not take the City of Alton, owing to the fact that his artillery and horses broke down, but he captured instead a large lot of clothing and blankets belonging to the Federals at Commerce. He also fired about two hundred rounds into the boat as the backed out, and it is thought had killed the pilot and many others on the Alton.