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 xxi
... side of the Tennessee River . - Surprise of Longstreet . - The Confederates retreat to Lookout Mountain . - Longstreet makes a night attack on the enemy's new position , but is repulsed .-- The enemy accomplishes the relief of ...
... side of the Tennessee River . - Surprise of Longstreet . - The Confederates retreat to Lookout Mountain . - Longstreet makes a night attack on the enemy's new position , but is repulsed .-- The enemy accomplishes the relief of ...
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... side of Richmond . - Grant's instructions to Butler . - Sigel's column in West- ern Virginia , another part of the combination . - Butler's boastful despatch . - He dares " The whole of Lee's army . " - He is defeated by Beauregard ...
... side of Richmond . - Grant's instructions to Butler . - Sigel's column in West- ern Virginia , another part of the combination . - Butler's boastful despatch . - He dares " The whole of Lee's army . " - He is defeated by Beauregard ...
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... side of slavery occurring in a speech delivered , in 1856 , by Senator Toombs of Georgia , in the Tremont Temple at Boston . It is briefly this : " The white is the superior race , and the black the inferior ; and sub- ordination , with ...
... side of slavery occurring in a speech delivered , in 1856 , by Senator Toombs of Georgia , in the Tremont Temple at Boston . It is briefly this : " The white is the superior race , and the black the inferior ; and sub- ordination , with ...
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... side was that the entire Constitution had not been submitted to the people , and that the principle of " popular sovereignty " had been invaded by the Convention , in not representing all the voters of the Territory , and in not ...
... side was that the entire Constitution had not been submitted to the people , and that the principle of " popular sovereignty " had been invaded by the Convention , in not representing all the voters of the Territory , and in not ...
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... side of the door . When near enough , two powerful men sprung between the lines , and , with heavy sledge - hammers , attempted to batter down the doors , but failed . They then took hold of a ladder some forty feet long , and ...
... side of the door . When near enough , two powerful men sprung between the lines , and , with heavy sledge - hammers , attempted to batter down the doors , but failed . They then took hold of a ladder some forty feet long , and ...
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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