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 iii
... important contri- bution to Truth , and done something to satisfy curiosity without " sensa- tion , " and to form public opinion without violence . The author desires to add an explanation of the plan of composition he has pursued in ...
... important contri- bution to Truth , and done something to satisfy curiosity without " sensa- tion , " and to form public opinion without violence . The author desires to add an explanation of the plan of composition he has pursued in ...
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... Important objects of the movement . - Its success.— ' -The Halleck - Pope dispatch . An enormous falsehood . - Gen ... importance of this point . - Preparations for its defence by Van Dorn . - The ironclad Arkansas . -She runs the ...
... Important objects of the movement . - Its success.— ' -The Halleck - Pope dispatch . An enormous falsehood . - Gen ... importance of this point . - Preparations for its defence by Van Dorn . - The ironclad Arkansas . -She runs the ...
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... The assaulting column pauses in the crater . - Terrible scenes of carnage . - The miserable failure . -Commentary of the New York " Times . " . 526 CHAPTER XXXIII . Sherman's campaign in Georgia the important correspondent.
... The assaulting column pauses in the crater . - Terrible scenes of carnage . - The miserable failure . -Commentary of the New York " Times . " . 526 CHAPTER XXXIII . Sherman's campaign in Georgia the important correspondent.
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... important correspondent of Grant's in Virginia.— The " On to Richmond , " and the " On to Atlanta , " the two important movements of 1864. - Sherman's demand of numbers . - Gen . Joseph E. Johnston's command.- He proposes an offensive ...
... important correspondent of Grant's in Virginia.— The " On to Richmond , " and the " On to Atlanta , " the two important movements of 1864. - Sherman's demand of numbers . - Gen . Joseph E. Johnston's command.- He proposes an offensive ...
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... important reflection consequent upon it .... 714 CHAPTER XLIV . Proper limit of the narrative of the war . - A glance at its political consequences.— General condition of the South after the war . - Alternative of policies at Washing ...
... important reflection consequent upon it .... 714 CHAPTER XLIV . Proper limit of the narrative of the war . - A glance at its political consequences.— General condition of the South after the war . - Alternative of policies at Washing ...
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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