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 x
... Grant . - Gen . Pillow's command en- gaged at disadvantage . - The Confederates driven back . - Timely reinforcements.- Sudden conversion of a defeat into a victory . - Retreat of Grant . - His official misrepresentation of the day ...
... Grant . - Gen . Pillow's command en- gaged at disadvantage . - The Confederates driven back . - Timely reinforcements.- Sudden conversion of a defeat into a victory . - Retreat of Grant . - His official misrepresentation of the day ...
Page xi
... Grant's ascent of the Tennessee . - Cap- ture of Fort Henry . - Noble and gallant conduct of Gen. Tilghman . — Battle of Fort Donelson . - Johnston's reasons for making a battle there .-- Commands of Buckner , Pillow , and Floyd ...
... Grant's ascent of the Tennessee . - Cap- ture of Fort Henry . - Noble and gallant conduct of Gen. Tilghman . — Battle of Fort Donelson . - Johnston's reasons for making a battle there .-- Commands of Buckner , Pillow , and Floyd ...
Page xiii
... Grant's lines at Pittsburg . - Buell advancing from Nashville . - Design of the Confederates to attack before the junction of these forces . - Unfortunate loss of a day in the march . - The Confed- erate plan of battle . - The enemy ...
... Grant's lines at Pittsburg . - Buell advancing from Nashville . - Design of the Confederates to attack before the junction of these forces . - Unfortunate loss of a day in the march . - The Confed- erate plan of battle . - The enemy ...
Page xviii
... Grant . - What his persistency was worth . His new scheme of attack . - Two parts of the enterprise . - Porter's gun- boats run the batteries . - Grant's march from Milliken's Bend . - Blindness of Gen. Pemberton at Vicksburg ...
... Grant . - What his persistency was worth . His new scheme of attack . - Two parts of the enterprise . - Porter's gun- boats run the batteries . - Grant's march from Milliken's Bend . - Blindness of Gen. Pemberton at Vicksburg ...
Page xxi
... Grant's new and large command .-- His first task to relieve Thomas in Chattanooga . — His successful lodgment on the south side of the Tennessee River . - Surprise of Longstreet . - The Confederates retreat to Lookout Mountain ...
... Grant's new and large command .-- His first task to relieve Thomas in Chattanooga . — His successful lodgment on the south side of the Tennessee River . - Surprise of Longstreet . - The Confederates retreat to Lookout Mountain ...
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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