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Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 1., Chapter 1: the political Conventions in 1860. (search)
Chapter 1: the political Conventions in 1860. Preliminary observations, page 17. Democratic Convention at Charleston, 18. the Cincinnati platform, 21. conflicting reports on a platform of principles Secession of delegates, 22. balloting for a candidate, 28. seceders' Convention, 24. adjourned Democratic Convention in Baltimore, 25. another Secession, 26. nomination of Stephen A. Douglas for the Presidency, 27. nomination of John C. Breckinridge for the Presidency, 28. National constitutional Union Convention, 29. nomination of John Bell for the Presidency, 30. Republican Convention, 31. nomination of Abraham Lincoln for the Presidency, 32. the four parties, 33. the contest, and election of Lincoln, 34. In the spring of the year 1861, a civil war was kindled in the United States of America, which has neither a pattern in character nor a precedent in causes recorded in the history of mankind. It appears in the annals of the race as a mighty phenomenon, bu
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 1., Chapter 17: events in and near the National Capital. (search)
on rumor and common belief, after arguments such as South Carolina vigilance committees generally used had been applied. The same. With this alleged authority, Kane and Lowe, accompanied by Mayor Brown and his brother, hastened to the office of Charles Howard, the President of the Board of Police, who was waiting for them, when that officer and the Mayor issued orders for the destruction of the bridges. Communication from the Mayor of Baltimore with the Mayor and Board of Police of Baltimore City: Document G, Maryland House of Delegates, May 10, 1861. The work was soon accomplished. A gang of lawless men hastened out to the Canton bridge, two or three miles from the city, on the Destruction of the Bridge over gunpowder Creek. this is from a sketch of the Bridge made by the author in November, 1861, from the Baltimore side of gunpowder Creek. The picture of conflagration has been added to show the relative position of the portion of the Bridge that was burnt at that time.