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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... person and manners . — His opinion of the Yankee . - The Army of the Potomac and the Army of the Shenandoah . - Gen . Johnson's evacuation of Harper's Ferry.- " Stonewall " Jackson's first affair with the enemy . - Johnston amusing the ...
... person and manners . — His opinion of the Yankee . - The Army of the Potomac and the Army of the Shenandoah . - Gen . Johnson's evacuation of Harper's Ferry.- " Stonewall " Jackson's first affair with the enemy . - Johnston amusing the ...
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... person of " The Tyrant of New Orleans . " - " The woman - order . " - Arrest of Mayor Monroe and of various citizens . - Butler on female secessionists . - His opinion of " she - adders . " - Confiscation , fines , and plunder ...
... person of " The Tyrant of New Orleans . " - " The woman - order . " - Arrest of Mayor Monroe and of various citizens . - Butler on female secessionists . - His opinion of " she - adders . " - Confiscation , fines , and plunder ...
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... persons in the Union . A few years later , the country was more distinctly arrayed into two sectional parties , struggling for supremacy with regard to the slavery question . The legislation on the admission of Mis- souri in 1820 , by ...
... persons in the Union . A few years later , the country was more distinctly arrayed into two sectional parties , struggling for supremacy with regard to the slavery question . The legislation on the admission of Mis- souri in 1820 , by ...
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... persons of disordered conscience . It was signifi- cant only of a contest for political power , and afforded nothing more than a convenient ground of dispute between two parties , who represented not two moral theories , but hostile ...
... persons of disordered conscience . It was signifi- cant only of a contest for political power , and afforded nothing more than a convenient ground of dispute between two parties , who represented not two moral theories , but hostile ...
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... person . The anti - slavery sentiment of the North was rapidly devel- oped in the excitement ; a new party was organized with reference to the question of slavery in the Territories ; and thus originated the famous Republican party ...
... person . The anti - slavery sentiment of the North was rapidly devel- oped in the excitement ; a new party was organized with reference to the question of slavery in the Territories ; and thus originated the famous Republican party ...
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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