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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... side of Richmond . — Grant's instructions to Butler . - Sigel's column in West- ern Virginia , another part of the combination . - Butler's boastful despatch . - He dares " The whole of Lee's army . " - He is defeated by Beauregard ...
... side of Richmond . — Grant's instructions to Butler . - Sigel's column in West- ern Virginia , another part of the combination . - Butler's boastful despatch . - He dares " The whole of Lee's army . " - He is defeated by Beauregard ...
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... Southern to the Northern States was so distinctly from one side of a line to the other , that we must account such the result of certain special and well - defined causes . To discover these EARLY PROSPERITY OF THE SOUTH . 55 causes , and.
... Southern to the Northern States was so distinctly from one side of a line to the other , that we must account such the result of certain special and well - defined causes . To discover these EARLY PROSPERITY OF THE SOUTH . 55 causes , and.
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... side was that the entire Constitution had not been submitted to the people , and that the principle of " popular sovereignty " had been invaded by the Convention , in not representing all the voters of the Territory , and in not ...
... side was that the entire Constitution had not been submitted to the people , and that the principle of " popular sovereignty " had been invaded by the Convention , in not representing all the voters of the Territory , and in not ...
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... side of the House . At another period of the debate , Mr. Barksdale of Mississippi put the question to Black Republican members whether they would vote for the admission of Kansas into the Union with a Consti- tution tolerating slavery ...
... side of the House . At another period of the debate , Mr. Barksdale of Mississippi put the question to Black Republican members whether they would vote for the admission of Kansas into the Union with a Consti- tution tolerating slavery ...
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... sides . These guns commanded the harbour , thus giving the Federal garrison the power to arrest the shipping bound to and from the port ... side , without coming in DOCTRINE OF SECESSION , AND NORTHERN PRECEDENTS . 85 " 84 THE LOST CAUSE .
... sides . These guns commanded the harbour , thus giving the Federal garrison the power to arrest the shipping bound to and from the port ... side , without coming in DOCTRINE OF SECESSION , AND NORTHERN PRECEDENTS . 85 " 84 THE LOST CAUSE .
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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