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...government, while I shall have the most solemn one to "preserve, protect, and defend" it. Diary, 1861 Fort Sumter has been on fire. Anderson has not yet...regular meals impossible. None of us go to table. Tea trays pervade the corridors going everywhere. Some of the anxious hearts lie on their beds and... | |
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