| Author | Cochrane, John, 1813-1898.
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| Title | American Civil War. Memories of incidents connected with the origin and culmination of the rebellion that threatened the existence of the national government:--including reminiscences of the course of the rebel leaders in Congress and in the National Democratic convention which immediately preceded the outburst of rebellion; together with movement in and concerning the Army of the Potomac during the first two years of the war;--including the proposition made in a speech at the Astor House, in New York, in November, 1861, when, in company with Simon Cameron ... General John Cochrane ... first publicly advocated the arming of the slaves in the war for the Union ... From writings on those subjects (printed for private use) by John Cochrane ... collated by Henry O'Rielly ... (Designed as an appendix to O'Rielly's "Brief history of the organization of colored troops in the state of New York"--deposited among his donations to the New York Historical Society)
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| Published | New York, Rogers & Sherwood, Printers, 1879.
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| Description | 7, 12 p. 23 cm.
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| General Note | With t.-p. of an earlier edition: Arming the slaves in the war for the union. Scenes, speeches and events attending it ... New York, Rogers & Sherwood, Printers, 1875.
"Designed as an appendix to O'Rielly's Brief history of the organization of colored troops in the state of New York."
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| Subjects | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, African American.
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| Other Authors | O'Reilly, Henry, 1806-1886, ed.
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| LC Card Number | 03-963 |
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| | WRHS Research Library: E 540 N3 C6
mq56223: LC class, closed stacks [status: NON-CIRCULATING] |
| [Record 37683] |
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