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 History. Drawn from Official Sources, and Approved by the Most Distinguished Confederate Leaders |
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Page 34
... called to the fulfilment of another political destiny . And here it is especially to be remarked that those statesmen of the South , who for more than thirty years before the war of 1861 despaired of the continuation of the Union , were ...
... called to the fulfilment of another political destiny . And here it is especially to be remarked that those statesmen of the South , who for more than thirty years before the war of 1861 despaired of the continuation of the Union , were ...
Page 43
... called the General Government into рин existence , which gave it all of its authority , and can enlarge , contract , or abolish its powers at its pleasure , may be invoked . The States them- selves may be appealed to , three - fourths ...
... called the General Government into рин existence , which gave it all of its authority , and can enlarge , contract , or abolish its powers at its pleasure , may be invoked . The States them- selves may be appealed to , three - fourths ...
Page 49
... subordination is the necessary sondition of the black man ; and that the so - called " slavery " in the South was but the precise adjustment of this subordination by law . of the modern Yankee ; although it remained for those 4.
... subordination is the necessary sondition of the black man ; and that the so - called " slavery " in the South was but the precise adjustment of this subordination by law . of the modern Yankee ; although it remained for those 4.
Page 65
... called the Compromise Measures , is hereby declared inoperative and void ; it being the true intent and meaning of this act not to legislate slavery into any Territory or State , nor to exclude it there- from , but to leave the people ...
... called the Compromise Measures , is hereby declared inoperative and void ; it being the true intent and meaning of this act not to legislate slavery into any Territory or State , nor to exclude it there- from , but to leave the people ...
Page 66
... called the " straight - out " Abolition ticket , did not receive the vote of a single State , and but 175,296 of the popular vote of the Union . But upon the repeal of the Missouri Com- promise , Abolitionism , in the guise of ...
... called the " straight - out " Abolition ticket , did not receive the vote of a single State , and but 175,296 of the popular vote of the Union . But upon the repeal of the Missouri Com- promise , Abolitionism , in the guise of ...
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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 moved movement night North Northern occupied 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 wounded