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 55
... reached to such insolence of prosperity , and now abounds with the seats of opulence . The most important branch of New England industry - the whale fisheries - had almost perished ; and driven out of employment , and distressed by an ...
... reached to such insolence of prosperity , and now abounds with the seats of opulence . The most important branch of New England industry - the whale fisheries - had almost perished ; and driven out of employment , and distressed by an ...
Page 72
... reached Washington ; and Col. Robert E. Lee , then lieutenant - colonel of the Second Cavalry , was despatched to command the regular troops concentrating at Harper's Ferry . Accom- panied by his aid , Lieut . J. E. B. Stuart ...
... reached Washington ; and Col. Robert E. Lee , then lieutenant - colonel of the Second Cavalry , was despatched to command the regular troops concentrating at Harper's Ferry . Accom- panied by his aid , Lieut . J. E. B. Stuart ...
Page 111
... reached the fort , the Federal flag was displayed on the parapets , but remained there only a short time , when it was hauled down , and a white flag substituted in its place . The fort had surrendered . The event was instantly ...
... reached the fort , the Federal flag was displayed on the parapets , but remained there only a short time , when it was hauled down , and a white flag substituted in its place . The fort had surrendered . The event was instantly ...
Page 124
... reached Camden station . But here the fight continued without intermission ; stones were hurled into the cars with such violence that the windows and panelling were shattered ; the soldiers ' faces and bodies were streaming with blood ...
... reached Camden station . But here the fight continued without intermission ; stones were hurled into the cars with such violence that the windows and panelling were shattered ; the soldiers ' faces and bodies were streaming with blood ...
Page 136
... reached the ear of the Government at Washington . The discontent had since slowly and steadily manifested itself . Combinations were spoken of among Northern capitalists to terminate the war ; to grant no more loans or aids to the ...
... reached the ear of the Government at Washington . The discontent had since slowly and steadily manifested itself . Combinations were spoken of among Northern capitalists to terminate the war ; to grant no more loans or aids to 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