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 xiv
... crossing it . - Battle of " Seven Pines . " - Failure of Gen. Huger to attack . - Gallant charge of the troops of Long- street and Hill . - Gen . Johnston wounded . - The affair of the next day . - Important change of military command ...
... crossing it . - Battle of " Seven Pines . " - Failure of Gen. Huger to attack . - Gallant charge of the troops of Long- street and Hill . - Gen . Johnston wounded . - The affair of the next day . - Important change of military command ...
Page xxix
... Crossing of the Appomattox . - Explosion of magazines . - The wagon - train from Richmond.— Order of Grant's pursuit . - General Lee's new hopes . - They are dashed at Amelia Court - house . The confederates in a starving condition ...
... Crossing of the Appomattox . - Explosion of magazines . - The wagon - train from Richmond.— Order of Grant's pursuit . - General Lee's new hopes . - They are dashed at Amelia Court - house . The confederates in a starving condition ...
Page 71
... crossed , and , proceeding with military method , the party seized first the watchman guarding the railroad bridge at Harper's Ferry , and , posting pickets at certain points , occupied the arsenal and armory building . A white ...
... crossed , and , proceeding with military method , the party seized first the watchman guarding the railroad bridge at Harper's Ferry , and , posting pickets at certain points , occupied the arsenal and armory building . A white ...
Page 87
... crossed over to Fort Pickens , as Major Anderson did from Moultrie to Sumter , and there stationed himself , while the ingenuity and enterprise of the government at Washington were to be taxed for his reinforcement . The scene of ...
... crossed over to Fort Pickens , as Major Anderson did from Moultrie to Sumter , and there stationed himself , while the ingenuity and enterprise of the government at Washington were to be taxed for his reinforcement . The scene of ...
Page 113
... crossed the ocean , or for the " free homesteads " which were to be the rewards of the war ; and all conceivable and reckless artifices were re sorted to to swell the tide of numbers against the South . But what was most remarkable in ...
... crossed the ocean , or for the " free homesteads " which were to be the rewards of the war ; and all conceivable and reckless artifices were re sorted to to swell the tide of numbers against the South . But what was most remarkable in ...
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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