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 vi
... appearance of the Southern country . The sentiments and manners of its people.- " American exaggeration , " a peculiarity of the Northern mind . - Sobriety of the South . - How these qualities were displayed in the Northern and Southern ...
... appearance of the Southern country . The sentiments and manners of its people.- " American exaggeration , " a peculiarity of the Northern mind . - Sobriety of the South . - How these qualities were displayed in the Northern and Southern ...
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... appearance and manners . - The Seven Days ' Battles around Richmond.- Lee's plan of operations . - Jackson's withdrawal from the Valley masked . — Battles of Mechanicsville and Beaver Dam . - Repulse of the Confederates at Beaver Dam ...
... appearance and manners . - The Seven Days ' Battles around Richmond.- Lee's plan of operations . - Jackson's withdrawal from the Valley masked . — Battles of Mechanicsville and Beaver Dam . - Repulse of the Confederates at Beaver Dam ...
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... appearance of the hero . - What Virginia owes to his memory..370 CHAPTER XXIII . Vicksburg , the second prize of the war . - Gen . Grant . - What his persistency was worth . His new scheme of attack . - Two parts of the enterprise ...
... appearance of the hero . - What Virginia owes to his memory..370 CHAPTER XXIII . Vicksburg , the second prize of the war . - Gen . Grant . - What his persistency was worth . His new scheme of attack . - Two parts of the enterprise ...
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... appearance on the field . ― The Confederates demoralized by pillage . - The enemy makes a counter- , charge , and sweeps everything before him . - Gen . Early's attempt to put the censure of the disaster upon his men . - How far he was ...
... appearance on the field . ― The Confederates demoralized by pillage . - The enemy makes a counter- , charge , and sweeps everything before him . - Gen . Early's attempt to put the censure of the disaster upon his men . - How far he was ...
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... Appearance of the city after four years of conflict .-- Capture of Fort Fisher . - Fall of Wilmington . - The enemy's views of the importance of Wilmington . - How it was to be used as another base of opera- tions towards Richmond ...
... Appearance of the city after four years of conflict .-- Capture of Fort Fisher . - Fall of Wilmington . - The enemy's views of the importance of Wilmington . - How it was to be used as another base of opera- tions towards Richmond ...
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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