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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... success of the Southern Confederacy , a question only of resolution and endurance . - Only two possible causes of failure . ..120 CHAPTER VIII . Mr. Lincoln's remark about the wolf . - His designs upon Virginia . - Federal occupation of ...
... success of the Southern Confederacy , a question only of resolution and endurance . - Only two possible causes of failure . ..120 CHAPTER VIII . Mr. Lincoln's remark about the wolf . - His designs upon Virginia . - Federal occupation of ...
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... success.- Failure of the Western Virginia campaign . - Gen . Lee's new command ......... 152 CHAPTER X. The Congress in Washington . - New development of Northern policy . - Lincoln's po- litical discovery . - His remarkable measures of ...
... success.- Failure of the Western Virginia campaign . - Gen . Lee's new command ......... 152 CHAPTER X. The Congress in Washington . - New development of Northern policy . - Lincoln's po- litical discovery . - His remarkable measures of ...
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... success . - The " Trent " affair . - Capture of Commissioners Mason and Slidell . - An English commander's protest . - Great indignation in England.- Preparations there for war . - Conceit and exultation of the North . - Tributes and ...
... success . - The " Trent " affair . - Capture of Commissioners Mason and Slidell . - An English commander's protest . - Great indignation in England.- Preparations there for war . - Conceit and exultation of the North . - Tributes and ...
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... success . -Federal interpretation of the battle . - Exultation at Washington . - Death of Johnston , a serious loss to the Confederacy . - Sketch of his military life.- President Davis ' tribute to the fallen hero . - His obsequies in ...
... success . -Federal interpretation of the battle . - Exultation at Washington . - Death of Johnston , a serious loss to the Confederacy . - Sketch of his military life.- President Davis ' tribute to the fallen hero . - His obsequies in ...
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... Success of the Confederates . - M'Clellan's whole army in peril . - His flank movement on Johnston's retreat . - Engagement at Barhamsville . - The line of the Chickahominy . Johnston's brilliant strategy . - Evacuation of Norfolk ...
... Success of the Confederates . - M'Clellan's whole army in peril . - His flank movement on Johnston's retreat . - Engagement at Barhamsville . - The line of the Chickahominy . Johnston's brilliant strategy . - Evacuation of Norfolk ...
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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