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 126
... miles of the Federal capital . Meanwhile the action of the European Governments with reference to the war was thought to be indecisive , and was still the subject of a certain anxiety . The British Government and the French Emperor ...
... miles of the Federal capital . Meanwhile the action of the European Governments with reference to the war was thought to be indecisive , and was still the subject of a certain anxiety . The British Government and the French Emperor ...
Page 131
... miles . Their tonnage per annum was estimated at thirty - six million tons , valued at about four thousand millions of dollars . Such was the huge internal commerce of the United States . Their manufactures formed an enormous fund of ...
... miles . Their tonnage per annum was estimated at thirty - six million tons , valued at about four thousand millions of dollars . Such was the huge internal commerce of the United States . Their manufactures formed an enormous fund of ...
Page 138
... miles from the Potomac , and draining a considerable scope of country , from its source in Bull Run Mountain , to within a short distance of the Potomac at Oc- coquan . At Mitchell's Ford , the stream was about equi - distant between ...
... miles from the Potomac , and draining a considerable scope of country , from its source in Bull Run Mountain , to within a short distance of the Potomac at Oc- coquan . At Mitchell's Ford , the stream was about equi - distant between ...
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... miles along the defensive line of Bull Run . The right of the line was much stronger than the left , in position and numbers ; the extreme left at Stone Bridge being held by Colonel Evans with only a regi- ment and battalion . It had ...
... miles along the defensive line of Bull Run . The right of the line was much stronger than the left , in position and numbers ; the extreme left at Stone Bridge being held by Colonel Evans with only a regi- ment and battalion . It had ...
Page 145
... miles above the Confederate left . Discovering , to his amazement , that the enemy had crossed the stream above him , Col. Evans fell back . As the masses of the enemy drew near , military science pronounced the day lost for the ...
... miles above the Confederate left . Discovering , to his amazement , that the enemy had crossed the stream above him , Col. Evans fell back . As the masses of the enemy drew near , military science pronounced the day lost for the ...
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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