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 58
... turning the scale of population as between the two sections . It opened the Mississippi River ; turned the tide of emigration to its upper branches ; opened a new empire - the Northwest , soon to become known as " the Great West ; " and ...
... turning the scale of population as between the two sections . It opened the Mississippi River ; turned the tide of emigration to its upper branches ; opened a new empire - the Northwest , soon to become known as " the Great West ; " and ...
Page 88
... turning to different members , declared that he was the type of the general feelings of his constituents toward theirs ; that he felt no hostility to them ; that he went thence unencumbered by the remembrance of any injury received ...
... turning to different members , declared that he was the type of the general feelings of his constituents toward theirs ; that he felt no hostility to them ; that he went thence unencumbered by the remembrance of any injury received ...
Page 94
... being mounted on the parapet of Fortress Monroe , and turned inland upon the very bosom of Virginia . However Virginia might have lingered , in the hope that the breach VIRGINIA AN ADVOCATE OF STATE RIGHTS . 95 that had 94 THE LOST CAUSE .
... being mounted on the parapet of Fortress Monroe , and turned inland upon the very bosom of Virginia . However Virginia might have lingered , in the hope that the breach VIRGINIA AN ADVOCATE OF STATE RIGHTS . 95 that had 94 THE LOST CAUSE .
Page 103
... reported conspiracy to throw the cars from the track ; and it turned out that they arrived safe at their jour ney's end , and without accident of any sort . otomy ! You doar that ? ance of the Union and was opposed to Secession ;
... reported conspiracy to throw the cars from the track ; and it turned out that they arrived safe at their jour ney's end , and without accident of any sort . otomy ! You doar that ? ance of the Union and was opposed to Secession ;
Page 122
... turning out twenty - five thousand muskets a year . Movements to secure these places and their advantages were only par- tially successful . In two days a large force of volunteers had collected at Harper's Ferry . The small Federal ...
... turning out twenty - five thousand muskets a year . Movements to secure these places and their advantages were only par- tially successful . In two days a large force of volunteers had collected at Harper's Ferry . The small Federal ...
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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