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 73
... thousand Sharp's rifles , two hundred Maynard's revolvers , one thousand spears . I would have armed the whites with the rifles and revolvers , and the blacks with the spears ; they not being sufficiently familiar with other arms . I ...
... thousand Sharp's rifles , two hundred Maynard's revolvers , one thousand spears . I would have armed the whites with the rifles and revolvers , and the blacks with the spears ; they not being sufficiently familiar with other arms . I ...
Page 116
... thousand men ; and almost instantly thereafter , the proud and thrilling news was flashed over the South that Virginia had redeemed the pledges she had given against coercion , and was no longer a member of the Federal Union , but in a ...
... thousand men ; and almost instantly thereafter , the proud and thrilling news was flashed over the South that Virginia had redeemed the pledges she had given against coercion , and was no longer a member of the Federal Union , but in a ...
Page 117
... thousand men , and sixteen thousand are now en route for Virginia . — It is proposed to organize and hold in readiness for instant action , in view of the present exigencies of the country , an army of one hundred thousand men . " On ...
... thousand men , and sixteen thousand are now en route for Virginia . — It is proposed to organize and hold in readiness for instant action , in view of the present exigencies of the country , an army of one hundred thousand men . " On ...
Page 122
... thousand stand of arms , of which twenty - eight thousand were of the most approved modern construction . Virginia had taken the decisive step , and passed her ordinance of secession on the 17th day of April . It became an immediate ...
... thousand stand of arms , of which twenty - eight thousand were of the most approved modern construction . Virginia had taken the decisive step , and passed her ordinance of secession on the 17th day of April . It became an immediate ...
Page 127
... thousand to Cairo , seizing the cotton ports of the Mississippi ; and retaining the remaining twenty - five thousand , included in Mr. Lin- coln's call for seventy - five thousand men , at Washington , not because there is need for them ...
... thousand to Cairo , seizing the cotton ports of the Mississippi ; and retaining the remaining twenty - five thousand , included in Mr. Lin- coln's call for seventy - five thousand men , at Washington , not because there is need for them ...
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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