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 v
... result of an accident . - State Rights . - Amendments to the Constitution . - Nature of the American Union . - Not a Consolidated nation- ality . - The Right of Secession . - The Union not the proclamation of a new civil polity . - Not ...
... result of an accident . - State Rights . - Amendments to the Constitution . - Nature of the American Union . - Not a Consolidated nation- ality . - The Right of Secession . - The Union not the proclamation of a new civil polity . - Not ...
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... Results of the day.- Gordon's night attack . - Grant's whole army on the verge of rout . His immense losses . - Movements of the two armies to Spottsylvania Court - house . - Masterly performance of Lee . - A melancholy episode to the ...
... Results of the day.- Gordon's night attack . - Grant's whole army on the verge of rout . His immense losses . - Movements of the two armies to Spottsylvania Court - house . - Masterly performance of Lee . - A melancholy episode to the ...
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... result of the privateering service of the Confederates . - A glance at British " neutrality . " - How Earl Russell was bullied by the Washington Government . - The story of the Lairds ' rams .-- Cruise of the Alabama . - Why she fought ...
... result of the privateering service of the Confederates . - A glance at British " neutrality . " - How Earl Russell was bullied by the Washington Government . - The story of the Lairds ' rams .-- Cruise of the Alabama . - Why she fought ...
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... RESULT OF AN ACCIDENT . - STATE RIGHTS . AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION . - NATURE OF THE AMERICAN UNION . - NOT A CONSOLIDATED NATION- ALITY . THE RIGHT OF SECESSION . THE UNION NOT THE PROCLAMATION OF A NEW CIVIL POLITY . - NOT A ...
... RESULT OF AN ACCIDENT . - STATE RIGHTS . AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION . - NATURE OF THE AMERICAN UNION . - NOT A CONSOLIDATED NATION- ALITY . THE RIGHT OF SECESSION . THE UNION NOT THE PROCLAMATION OF A NEW CIVIL POLITY . - NOT A ...
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... and we must enumerate among the causes of disunion not only the inherent weakness of the Federal prin- ciple , but those many controversies which aided and expedited the result , THE LOST CAUSE . 35 and in which the true 34 THE LOST CAUSE .
... and we must enumerate among the causes of disunion not only the inherent weakness of the Federal prin- ciple , but those many controversies which aided and expedited the result , THE LOST CAUSE . 35 and in which the true 34 THE LOST CAUSE .
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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