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• Quite as tender to the rebels is the spirit of the following from the Boston Post of May 31st Senator Sumner,' a correspondent writes, 'in an argument against the proposed tax on cotton, not only opposed it as an act of injustice to the unrepresented South_--for grain, hemp, and flax are left untouched--but as oppressive on manufacturers.' —  The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy
• The Yankee pickets, thinking that the rebels were advancing, became uneasy and fired in return. —  Winning His Way
• The following telegram shows that the rebels were angered not a little at the President CHARLESTON, S. C., Oct. —  History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880. Vol. 2 (of 2) Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens
• Colored soldiers and their officers had been butchered before this in South Carolina, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Florida, notwithstanding the rebels were the first to arm Negroes, as has been already shown. —  History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880. Vol. 2 (of 2) Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens
• As he looked out through a loophole on the side which the rebels were approaching, he saw that several carried ladders, and others bundles of firewood, though, for fear of betraying themselves, they had no lighted torches Mr Pemberton," he said to his young aide-de-camp, "tell the people to aim at the fellows with the ladders, and not to trouble themselves about the others--they can do no harm. —  The Missing Ship The Log of the "Ouzel" Galley

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