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
... action of the Maryland Legislature . - Military despotism in Maryland . — Arrests in Baltimore . - A Reign of Terrour . - Light estimation of the war in the North . - Why the Federal Government sought to belittle the contest ...
... action of the Maryland Legislature . - Military despotism in Maryland . — Arrests in Baltimore . - A Reign of Terrour . - Light estimation of the war in the North . - Why the Federal Government sought to belittle the contest ...
Page xiii
... action . - The Confederates fall back . - Overwhelm- ing force of the enemy . - Odds of the second day's battle . - The enemy does not attempt a pursuit . - A frightful sum of carnage . - Beauregard's claim of success . -Federal ...
... action . - The Confederates fall back . - Overwhelm- ing force of the enemy . - Odds of the second day's battle . - The enemy does not attempt a pursuit . - A frightful sum of carnage . - Beauregard's claim of success . -Federal ...
Page xiv
... action of two Virginia regiments .-- Close of the Valley campaign . - Jackson's almost marvellous success . - His halt at Weyer's Cave ............ . CHAPTER XVII . 261 The tardiness of McClellan . - How the Confederates availed ...
... action of two Virginia regiments .-- Close of the Valley campaign . - Jackson's almost marvellous success . - His halt at Weyer's Cave ............ . CHAPTER XVII . 261 The tardiness of McClellan . - How the Confederates availed ...
Page xix
... Action of the second day.- Longstreet's desperate engagement . - Temporary possession of " Round Top . ” — Successes on the Confederate left . - Action of the third day . - An ominous silence . -Sudden and terrible cannonade . - Heroic ...
... Action of the second day.- Longstreet's desperate engagement . - Temporary possession of " Round Top . ” — Successes on the Confederate left . - Action of the third day . - An ominous silence . -Sudden and terrible cannonade . - Heroic ...
Page xxi
... action . — A strange delay . — A singular breakfast scene . - Gen . Bragg furious . The Confederate right wing beaten back . - Critical condition of the field . - Longstreet's attack . - He saves the day . - The enemy utterly routed ...
... action . — A strange delay . — A singular breakfast scene . - Gen . Bragg furious . The Confederate right wing beaten back . - Critical condition of the field . - Longstreet's attack . - He saves the day . - The enemy utterly routed ...
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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