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 HistoryThis book recounts the Civil War as a battle between "two nations of opposite civilizations" and that slavery enriched the South. |
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Page viii
... Government sought to belittle the contest . - Lincoln's view of the war as a riot . Seward's Letter to the European Governments . - Early action of England and France with respect to the war.-Mr. Gregory's letter to the London Times ...
... Government sought to belittle the contest . - Lincoln's view of the war as a riot . Seward's Letter to the European Governments . - Early action of England and France with respect to the war.-Mr. Gregory's letter to the London Times ...
Page xi
... Government . - His col- lapse . The last resort of demagogueism . - Disappointment of the Confederates in the termination of the " Trent " affair . - Earl Russell's declaration in Parliament.- Mr. Gregory's reply . - The Treaty of Paris ...
... Government . - His col- lapse . The last resort of demagogueism . - Disappointment of the Confederates in the termination of the " Trent " affair . - Earl Russell's declaration in Parliament.- Mr. Gregory's reply . - The Treaty of Paris ...
Page xxvii
... Government does not reply . Its persistent and inhuman silence . - Explanation of it .-- The Washington Government resolved to make a case of " rebel barbarity . " - The site , arrange- ments and discipline of the Andersonville prison ...
... Government does not reply . Its persistent and inhuman silence . - Explanation of it .-- The Washington Government resolved to make a case of " rebel barbarity . " - The site , arrange- ments and discipline of the Andersonville prison ...
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... government established upon it had become extinct , or had 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 ...
... government established upon it had become extinct , or had 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 ...
Page 34
... government . What , indeed , can be more natural than that the members of a confederation , after they have advanced in political life and become mature and powerful , should desire for them- selves independence and free action , and be ...
... government . What , indeed , can be more natural than that the members of a confederation , after they have advanced in political life and become mature and powerful , should desire for them- selves independence and free action , and be ...
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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 morning moved movement night North Northern 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 whole wounded