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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... whole , and to secure its ends , without preserving a certain dramatic unity in the narrative . It is by such unity that the lesson of history is conveyed , and its impression properly effected ; and to do this it becomes necessary to ...
... whole , and to secure its ends , without preserving a certain dramatic unity in the narrative . It is by such unity that the lesson of history is conveyed , and its impression properly effected ; and to do this it becomes necessary to ...
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... whole army on the verge of rout .-- Ilis immense losses . - Movements of the two armies to Spottsylvania Court - house . - Masterly performance of Lee . - A melancholy episode to the campaign . - Sheridan's expedi- tion . - Death of Gen ...
... whole army on the verge of rout .-- Ilis immense losses . - Movements of the two armies to Spottsylvania Court - house . - Masterly performance of Lee . - A melancholy episode to the campaign . - Sheridan's expedi- tion . - Death of Gen ...
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... whole of Sher- man's army , and retreats deliberately to Smithfield . Sherman's arrival at Golds- boro ' .- Conference at City Point of Sherman , Grant and President Lincoln ..... 661 CONTENTS . CHAPTER XLI . xxix Gen. Lee's lines ...
... whole of Sher- man's army , and retreats deliberately to Smithfield . Sherman's arrival at Golds- boro ' .- Conference at City Point of Sherman , Grant and President Lincoln ..... 661 CONTENTS . CHAPTER XLI . xxix Gen. Lee's lines ...
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... whole society , that this status should be fixed , controlled , and protected by law . " The whole ground is covered by these two propositions : that subordination is the necessary condition of the black man ; and that the so - called ...
... whole society , that this status should be fixed , controlled , and protected by law . " The whole ground is covered by these two propositions : that subordination is the necessary condition of the black man ; and that the so - called ...
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... whole . Then it damps the spirit and ardour of volunteers from all but the four New England Governments , as none but their people have the least chance of getting into office . Would it not be better , therefore , to have the warrants ...
... whole . Then it damps the spirit and ardour of volunteers from all but the four New England Governments , as none but their people have the least chance of getting into office . Would it not be better , therefore , to have the warrants ...
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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