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 xii
... River . - Federal fleet off Fortress Monroe . - Fearful enterprise of the Virginia . - Sinking of the Cumberland.- Gal- lantry of her crew . - A thrilling ccene of heroic devotion . - Surrender of the Con- gress . - Frightful scenes of ...
... River . - Federal fleet off Fortress Monroe . - Fearful enterprise of the Virginia . - Sinking of the Cumberland.- Gal- lantry of her crew . - A thrilling ccene of heroic devotion . - Surrender of the Con- gress . - Frightful scenes of ...
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... River . - Why Gen. Bragg declined it . His investment of Chattanooga . - He cuts off the enemy's supplies . -He hopes to starve the garrison into surrender . - Reorganization of the Federal armies in the west . - Gen . Grant's new and ...
... River . - Why Gen. Bragg declined it . His investment of Chattanooga . - He cuts off the enemy's supplies . -He hopes to starve the garrison into surrender . - Reorganization of the Federal armies in the west . - Gen . Grant's new and ...
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... River .-- Is foiled again by Lee . - He crosses the Pamunkey River .- " The Pen- insula " made the battle - ground again . - The sum of glory achieved by Lee's army . Statement as to Lee's reinforcements . - The Federal host held at bay ...
... River .-- Is foiled again by Lee . - He crosses the Pamunkey River .- " The Pen- insula " made the battle - ground again . - The sum of glory achieved by Lee's army . Statement as to Lee's reinforcements . - The Federal host held at bay ...
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... River , with an armed force of about five thousand men , and seven pieces of cannon . He , however , continued to receive reinforcements from the north side of the Missouri River . On the 7th of September he encountered a force of ...
... River , with an armed force of about five thousand men , and seven pieces of cannon . He , however , continued to receive reinforcements from the north side of the Missouri River . On the 7th of September he encountered a force of ...
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... river , nearly half a mile distant , under the constant fire of skirmishers . Large bodies had to fight their way to the water , and bloody conflicts ensued . As a detachment of the Missouri troops , under command of Col. Rives , were ...
... river , nearly half a mile distant , under the constant fire of skirmishers . Large bodies had to fight their way to the water , and bloody conflicts ensued . As a detachment of the Missouri troops , under command of Col. Rives , were ...
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