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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... condition they are not only not History , but false schools of present public opinion . By composing a severely just account of the War on the basis of cotem- porary evidence - ascertaining and testing its facts , combining them in ...
... condition they are not only not History , but false schools of present public opinion . By composing a severely just account of the War on the basis of cotem- porary evidence - ascertaining and testing its facts , combining them in ...
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... condition of Missouri . Her heroic choice.— Affair at Booneville . - Composition of the patriot army of Missouri . - Engagement at Carthage . - Confederate reinforcements under McCulloch . - Disagreement be- tween Price and McCulloch ...
... condition of Missouri . Her heroic choice.— Affair at Booneville . - Composition of the patriot army of Missouri . - Engagement at Carthage . - Confederate reinforcements under McCulloch . - Disagreement be- tween Price and McCulloch ...
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... Condition of the defences at these places . - Pope moving on New Madrid . - Smallness of M'Cown's force . - Pope's strength in artillery .-- His occupation of Point Pleasant . - A terrific bombardment . - Evacuation of New Madrid ...
... Condition of the defences at these places . - Pope moving on New Madrid . - Smallness of M'Cown's force . - Pope's strength in artillery .-- His occupation of Point Pleasant . - A terrific bombardment . - Evacuation of New Madrid ...
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... condition of the field . - Longstreet's attack . - He saves the day . The enemy utterly routed.— Chickamauga a brilliant but unproductive victory .... 439 CHAPTER XXVIII . Conference of Gens . Bragg and Longstreet the day after the ...
... condition of the field . - Longstreet's attack . - He saves the day . The enemy utterly routed.— Chickamauga a brilliant but unproductive victory .... 439 CHAPTER XXVIII . Conference of Gens . Bragg and Longstreet the day after the ...
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... condition of State abolition of slavery . - How this condition was afterwards inserted . - Mr . Lincoln's rescript , " To whom it may concern . " - History of the Niagara Falls com- mission . How Mr. Lincoln's passport was made a ...
... condition of State abolition of slavery . - How this condition was afterwards inserted . - Mr . Lincoln's rescript , " To whom it may concern . " - History of the Niagara Falls com- mission . How Mr. Lincoln's passport was made a ...
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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