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 33
... passed into the alternative of consolidation or anarchy and disintegration . Indeed , it is plain enough that such a form of government is the resource only of small and weak communities ; that it is essentially temporary in its nature ...
... passed into the alternative of consolidation or anarchy and disintegration . Indeed , it is plain enough that such a form of government is the resource only of small and weak communities ; that it is essentially temporary in its nature ...
Page 42
... passed in its service , and that whatever public reputation he had acquired was indis- solubly connected with it . It was the task of the great South Carolina politician to find some remedy for existing evils short of Disunion . He was ...
... passed in its service , and that whatever public reputation he had acquired was indis- solubly connected with it . It was the task of the great South Carolina politician to find some remedy for existing evils short of Disunion . He was ...
Page 48
... passed without dis- pute . The Fugitive Slave Law of 1793 was passed without a division in the Senate , and by a vote of forty - eight to seven in the House . Louisiana and Florida , slave - holding territories , were organized without ...
... passed without dis- pute . The Fugitive Slave Law of 1793 was passed without a division in the Senate , and by a vote of forty - eight to seven in the House . Louisiana and Florida , slave - holding territories , were organized without ...
Page 65
... passed both houses of Congress in 1854 . The Kansas - Nebraska bill , involving as it did the repeal of the Missouri Compromise , was taken by the South as a sort of triumph . The latter measure , being viewed as an act of proscription ...
... passed both houses of Congress in 1854 . The Kansas - Nebraska bill , involving as it did the repeal of the Missouri Compromise , was taken by the South as a sort of triumph . The latter measure , being viewed as an act of proscription ...
Page 73
... passed out of the building . While suffering from a wound supposed to be mortal , Brown made the following ... passing of the train on Sunday night did the work for us ; that killed us . I only regret that I have failed in my designs ...
... passed out of the building . While suffering from a wound supposed to be mortal , Brown made the following ... passing of the train on Sunday night did the work for us ; that killed us . I only regret that I have failed in my designs ...
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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