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— Stephen Crane

I looked here;

I looked there;

Nowhere could I see my love.

And--this time--

…

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verb

To finish successfully.

“She worked hard to accomplish her goals before the deadline.”

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1861. Kansas admitted into the Union.

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Ted Hughes·1930–1998
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861. Southern Confederacy organized at Mont-gomery, Alabama, with Jefferson Davis as Presidentand Alexander H. Stephens as Vice-President. SouthCarolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia,Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Virginia, Tennessee, andNorth Carolina formed the Confederacy. Lincoln, 1861-1865. 1861. War with the Confederate States declared.Causes: The slavery agitation and the secessionof the Southern States were the principal causes.Battle of Bull Run or Manassas Junction. 1862. Capture of Fort Donelson; battles of Shiloh,Seven Pines, Seven Days, Second of Manassas, Antie-tam, Perryville, and Fredericksburg.
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