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 xxvi
... exchange of prisoners , and their treatment in captivity . Exceeding interest of the subject . Slight account of prisoners in the early periods of the war.-Mr. Boyce's proposition . - The Wool - Cobb negotiation . - The Fort Donelson ...
... exchange of prisoners , and their treatment in captivity . Exceeding interest of the subject . Slight account of prisoners in the early periods of the war.-Mr. Boyce's proposition . - The Wool - Cobb negotiation . - The Fort Donelson ...
Page xxvii
... Exchanges resumed under Gen. Grant's authority . - Report of the joint select committee of the Confederate Congress , appointed to investigate the condition and treatment of prisoners of war . - Northern publications on this subject ...
... Exchanges resumed under Gen. Grant's authority . - Report of the joint select committee of the Confederate Congress , appointed to investigate the condition and treatment of prisoners of war . - Northern publications on this subject ...
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... exchanges of equity and comity ; by the noble attractions of social order ; by the enthused sympathies of a common destiny of power , honour and renown . But , alas ! this picture existed only in the imagination ; the idea of Mr ...
... exchanges of equity and comity ; by the noble attractions of social order ; by the enthused sympathies of a common destiny of power , honour and renown . But , alas ! this picture existed only in the imagination ; the idea of Mr ...
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... exchange of prison- ers , etc .; and the consequences of such a theory were constantly recurring difficulties about belligerent rights on sea and land , and inhumanities which would sicken the heart of a savage . In fact , this party ...
... exchange of prison- ers , etc .; and the consequences of such a theory were constantly recurring difficulties about belligerent rights on sea and land , and inhumanities which would sicken the heart of a savage . In fact , this party ...
Page 413
... exchange of prisoners on such a basis as to avoid the constant difficulties and complaints which arise , and to prevent for the future what we deem the unfair conduct of our enemies , in evading the delivery of prisoners who fall into ...
... exchange of prisoners on such a basis as to avoid the constant difficulties and complaints which arise , and to prevent for the future what we deem the unfair conduct of our enemies , in evading the delivery of prisoners who fall into ...
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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