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 xiii
... hope of de- fence . Surrender of Forts Jackson and St. Philip .-- Gen . Duncan's speech on the Levee . - Farragut's ultimatum . - Hoisting of the Stars and Stripes over New Orleans . What the fall of New Orleans involved .-- Note ...
... hope of de- fence . Surrender of Forts Jackson and St. Philip .-- Gen . Duncan's speech on the Levee . - Farragut's ultimatum . - Hoisting of the Stars and Stripes over New Orleans . What the fall of New Orleans involved .-- Note ...
Page xvii
... hope to surprise Gen. Lee . - How disappointed . - The Confederate line of battle . The attack on the Confederate right . - Young Pelham's gallantry.— . The Confederate right broken . - The battle restored . - Interest of the field on ...
... hope to surprise Gen. Lee . - How disappointed . - The Confederate line of battle . The attack on the Confederate right . - Young Pelham's gallantry.— . The Confederate right broken . - The battle restored . - Interest of the field on ...
Page xix
... hope of extricating the garrison . - Taylor's attack and repulse at Milliken's Bend.- Pemberton's despatch to Johnston . - The reply : " Something may yet be done to save Vicksburg . " - Johnston prepares to attack on 7th July ...
... hope of extricating the garrison . - Taylor's attack and repulse at Milliken's Bend.- Pemberton's despatch to Johnston . - The reply : " Something may yet be done to save Vicksburg . " - Johnston prepares to attack on 7th July ...
Page xxiv
... Hope Church . - Battle of Kenesaw Mountain . - Sherman's ghastly experiment . He resorts to manœuvring . - Johnston retires to Atlanta.- The situation around Atlanta .-- Defeat of Sturgis ' column in North Mississippi.- Johnston master ...
... Hope Church . - Battle of Kenesaw Mountain . - Sherman's ghastly experiment . He resorts to manœuvring . - Johnston retires to Atlanta.- The situation around Atlanta .-- Defeat of Sturgis ' column in North Mississippi.- Johnston master ...
Page xxx
... Hope of prolonging the war west of the Mississippi River . The last calculation of " European recognition . " - Surrender of the Trans- Mississippi army to Gen. Canby . - The downfall of the Confederacy complete . - Some reflections on ...
... Hope of prolonging the war west of the Mississippi River . The last calculation of " European recognition . " - Surrender of the Trans- Mississippi army to Gen. Canby . - The downfall of the Confederacy complete . - Some reflections on ...
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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