The Lost Cause: A New Southern History of the War of the Confederates : Comprising a Full and Authentic Account of the Rise and Progress of the Late Southern Confederacy--the Campaigns, Battles, Incidents, and Adventures of the Most Gigantic Struggle of the World's HistoryThis book recounts the Civil War as a battle between "two nations of opposite civilizations" and that slavery enriched the South. |
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Page vii
... Congress . - A double justifi- cation of the withdrawal of the Southern States from the Union . - The right of Self ... Congress . - The Republi- can " ultimatum . " . ” — “ The Crittenden compromise . " - Measures of compromise and ...
... Congress . - A double justifi- cation of the withdrawal of the Southern States from the Union . - The right of Self ... Congress . - The Republi- can " ultimatum . " . ” — “ The Crittenden compromise . " - Measures of compromise and ...
Page ix
... Congress . - Energy of the Washington Administration . - Its immense preparations for the prosecution of the war . - The Missouri campaign . The politics of Missouri . - Sterling Price and his party . — Imprudence and violence of the ...
... Congress . - Energy of the Washington Administration . - Its immense preparations for the prosecution of the war . - The Missouri campaign . The politics of Missouri . - Sterling Price and his party . — Imprudence and violence of the ...
Page xii
... Congress.— Its vigour . The old Provisional Congress . - Its measures . - Its echoes to Federal legislation . The sequestration law . Silly and demagogical military legislation.- The " Sixty Days ' furlough " law . - Alarm of Gen ...
... Congress.— Its vigour . The old Provisional Congress . - Its measures . - Its echoes to Federal legislation . The sequestration law . Silly and demagogical military legislation.- The " Sixty Days ' furlough " law . - Alarm of Gen ...
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... Congress , appointed to investigate the condition and treatment of prisoners of war . - Northern publications on this subject . - Refuta- tion of " raw - head - and - bloody - bones " stories . - Humanity of the Confederate authorities ...
... Congress , appointed to investigate the condition and treatment of prisoners of war . - Northern publications on this subject . - Refuta- tion of " raw - head - and - bloody - bones " stories . - Humanity of the Confederate authorities ...
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... Congress . - They were generalities . - Analysis of the " Union Party " in the South . - How Gov. Brown , of Georgia , was used by it . Its persistent design upon the Virginia Legislature . - How it was rebuffed.— Heroic choice of ...
... Congress . - They were generalities . - Analysis of the " Union Party " in the South . - How Gov. Brown , of Georgia , was used by it . Its persistent design upon the Virginia Legislature . - How it was rebuffed.— Heroic choice of ...
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A. P. Hill advance arms army arrest artillery assault attack bank batteries battle Beauregard Bragg brigade campaign captured Carolina cavalry Charleston column command commenced Confederacy Confederate forces Congress Constitution contest corps crossed D. H. Hill declared defence division early enemy enemy's evacuation Federal field fire flank fleet Fort Sumter Fort Wagner Fredericksburg front garrison Government Grant gunboats guns held Hill hundred infantry Jackson James River Johnston Kentucky Lee's Lincoln Longstreet loss Manassas McClellan ment miles military Mississippi Missouri morning moved movement night North Northern officers operations Orleans party pieces of artillery political position Potomac President Davis prisoners railroad rear regiments reinforcements retreat Richmond river road Shenandoah Valley Sherman side slavery soldiers South South Carolina Southern success Sumter superiour surrender Tennessee thousand tion troops Union United Valley vessels Vicksburg victory Virginia Washington whole wounded