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 xvi
... latter concentrating at Bowling Green . -Great success of Bragg's movements so far . - His boastful dispatch to Richmond . -His political object in invading Kentucky . - His proclamation at Glasgow . - Sur- render of the Federal ...
... latter concentrating at Bowling Green . -Great success of Bragg's movements so far . - His boastful dispatch to Richmond . -His political object in invading Kentucky . - His proclamation at Glasgow . - Sur- render of the Federal ...
Page xviii
... latter disobeys the order and commits a fatal error . Sherman's incendiary record in Jackson . - His use of the fire - brand . -Grant forces battle upon Pemberton . - Battle of Baker's Creek . - Tremendous exertions of Stevenson's ...
... latter disobeys the order and commits a fatal error . Sherman's incendiary record in Jackson . - His use of the fire - brand . -Grant forces battle upon Pemberton . - Battle of Baker's Creek . - Tremendous exertions of Stevenson's ...
Page xxvii
... latter declined to take command of all the armies of the Confederacy . - Want of self - assertion in Gen. Lee's character . - Why his influence in the general affairs of the Confederacy was negative . - Recrimination between President ...
... latter declined to take command of all the armies of the Confederacy . - Want of self - assertion in Gen. Lee's character . - Why his influence in the general affairs of the Confederacy was negative . - Recrimination between President ...
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... latter measure , being viewed as an act of proscription against the South , was justly offensive to her ; although indeed the repeal was scarcely more than a matter of principle or sentiment , as the sagacious statesmen of the South ...
... latter measure , being viewed as an act of proscription against the South , was justly offensive to her ; although indeed the repeal was scarcely more than a matter of principle or sentiment , as the sagacious statesmen of the South ...
Page 78
... latter declining , Herschel V. Johnson of Georgia was substituted on the ticket . A Convention of what was called the " Constitutional Union " party met in Baltimore on the 9th of May , 1860 , and nominated for President and Vice ...
... latter declining , Herschel V. Johnson of Georgia was substituted on the ticket . A Convention of what was called the " Constitutional Union " party met in Baltimore on the 9th of May , 1860 , and nominated for President and Vice ...
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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