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Trials of Kentucky and a stormy Cape Hatteras tale
A long political address on Kentucky secession and loyalty frames the Civil War narrative, praising Union resolve, fate of the state, and the push to defeat rebellion. It interleaves a stormy Cape Hatteras episode with General Butler and Mrs Butler, describing a perilous voyage, rescue, and a vivid account of the shipboard crisis as the Mississippi neared New Orleans.
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Val d’ Arno
Brotherhood of Mercy
Piero
Lazaretto
Tribune
Strada
Fayette County
Washington
Union
Stephen A. Douglas
Lincoln
Kentucky
Democratic Party
Wickliffe
Union Party
Breckinridges
Buckners
Hansons
Zollicoffer
Cumberland Mountains
Buckner
Bragg
Commonwealth
Louisville
Covington
Meade
Pennsylvania
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Lee
Rosecrans
Grant
Vicksburg
Port Hudson
Virginia
Port Hudson Falls
Atlantic
Pacific
Republican Party
Congress
Senate
Committee of 83
Mason
Toombs
Slidell
Indiana
United States
Stat
Copperheads
Burnside
Grider
Mallory
Wadsworth
Yeaman
Harding
Peace Party
Wolfe
Owen
Cincinnati
Vallandigham
Colfax
Cox
Woods
Voorhees
House
Copperhead
King
Missouri
Fernando Wood
Anderson
Randall
Clay
Vallandigham Party
Chicago
Union Men
Prentice
Guthrie & Co
Guthrie
Garret Davis
Davis
Powell
Baying
Daris
Maryland
Charleston
Louisiana
Arkansas
Waesee
Sherman
Hemp
Richmond
Parton
General Butler
New Orleans
Cape Hatteras
Mississippi
Butler
Point Lookout
Cape Fear
Frying Pan
Guna
Mount Vernon
Gen. Butler
Glisson
Major Bell
Mrs. Butler
Ghsson
Geo A. Sala
London Telegraph
Sumner
Mr. Sumner
Abraham Lincoln
Napoleon
Uncle Abe
Barnum
Astonis
Professor Harrison
Orloff
Abraham L.ncolns
Tancolu