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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... 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 campaign . - Sheridan's expedi- tion . - Death of Gen ...
... 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 campaign . - Sheridan's expedi- tion . - Death of Gen ...
Page xxv
... whole scheme of Confederate defence terminated West of the Alleghanies . . . 576 CHAPTER XXXVI . Campaign of 1864 in the Valley of Virginia . — Its general design as a strategic auxiliary to Richmond.The new command of the enemy in the ...
... whole scheme of Confederate defence terminated West of the Alleghanies . . . 576 CHAPTER XXXVI . Campaign of 1864 in the Valley of Virginia . — Its general design as a strategic auxiliary to Richmond.The new command of the enemy in the ...
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... whole political system of America . Mr. Calhoun was logician enough to see that the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions involved the right of Secession . But he was not disposed to insist upon such a remedy . He lived in a time when ...
... whole political system of America . Mr. Calhoun was logician enough to see that the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions involved the right of Secession . But he was not disposed to insist upon such a remedy . He lived in a time when ...
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... whole society , that this status should be fixed , controlled , and protected by law . " The whole ground is covered by these two propositions : that subordination is the necessary sondition of the black man ; and that the so - called ...
... whole society , that this status should be fixed , controlled , and protected by law . " The whole ground is covered by these two propositions : that subordination is the necessary sondition of the black man ; and that the so - called ...
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... whole country , rivalled the sentimentalism of the oldest countries of Europe , established the only schools of honour in America , and presented a strik- ing contrast in their well - balanced character to the conceit and giddiness of ...
... whole country , rivalled the sentimentalism of the oldest countries of Europe , established the only schools of honour in America , and presented a strik- ing contrast in their well - balanced character to the conceit and giddiness of ...
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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