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 76
... moved first and adopted a series of resolutions , the purport of which was afterwards embodied in the instructions administered by some of the other Cotton States to their delegations to the National Convention . The most important of ...
... moved first and adopted a series of resolutions , the purport of which was afterwards embodied in the instructions administered by some of the other Cotton States to their delegations to the National Convention . The most important of ...
Page 93
... moved by Mr. Etheridge , which were even less favourable to the South than Mr. Crittenden's , were not even entertained , on a vote of yeas and nays ; and a resolution giving a pledge to sustain the President in the use of force against ...
... moved by Mr. Etheridge , which were even less favourable to the South than Mr. Crittenden's , were not even entertained , on a vote of yeas and nays ; and a resolution giving a pledge to sustain the President in the use of force against ...
Page 103
... moved to the Capitol in a hollow square of cavalry ; and from the East portico delivered his inaugural address with a row of bayonets standing between him and his audience . The address was such an attempt at ambidexterity as might be ...
... moved to the Capitol in a hollow square of cavalry ; and from the East portico delivered his inaugural address with a row of bayonets standing between him and his audience . The address was such an attempt at ambidexterity as might be ...
Page 145
... moved up to his support . The joint force was now about five regiments and six field- pieces . That thin line was all that stood between sixteen thousand Fed- erals and victory . It is wonderful that this small force of Confederates ...
... moved up to his support . The joint force was now about five regiments and six field- pieces . That thin line was all that stood between sixteen thousand Fed- erals and victory . It is wonderful that this small force of Confederates ...
Page 146
... moved up to their left , to withstand the pressure of the enemy's at tack . It was a thrilling moment . Gen. Johnston seized the colours of the 4th Alabama regiment , and offered to lead the attack . Gen. Beaure- gard leaped from his ...
... moved up to their left , to withstand the pressure of the enemy's at tack . It was a thrilling moment . Gen. Johnston seized the colours of the 4th Alabama regiment , and offered to lead the attack . Gen. Beaure- gard leaped from his ...
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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