The Lost Cause: A New Southern History of the War of the ConfederatesWhen originally published in 1867, this book was described as "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 history, drawn from official sources, and approved by the most distinguished Confederate leaders." Edward A Pollard (1831-1872) was Editor of the Richmond Examiner during the Civil War; generally acknowledged as the ablest and most prolific Southern writer of the period. |
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Contents
CHAPTER I | 33 |
CHAPTER II | 45 |
CHAPTER III | 54 |
CHAPTER IV | 63 |
Preparations of South Carolina to withdraw from the Union Passage of her Ordinance | 82 |
CHAPTER VI | 100 |
CHAPTER VII | 120 |
CHAPTER VIII | 134 |
CHAPTER XXIII | 385 |
CHAPTER XXIV | 401 |
CHAPTER XXV | 415 |
CHAPTER XXVI | 429 |
CHAPTER XXVII | 439 |
CHAPTER XXVIII | 453 |
CHAPTER XXIX | 464 |
CHAPTER XXX | 489 |
CHAPTER IX | 152 |
CHAPTER X | 175 |
CHAPTER XI | 185 |
CHAPTER XII | 198 |
CHAPTER XIII | 214 |
CHAPTER XIV | 232 |
CHAPTER XV | 245 |
CHAPTER XVI | 261 |
CHAPTER XVII | 278 |
CHAPTER XVIII | 295 |
CHAPTER XIX | 319 |
CHAPTER XX | 337 |
CHAPTER XXI | 356 |
CHAPTER XXII | 370 |
CHAPTER XXXI | 507 |
CHAPTER XXXII | 526 |
CHAPTER XXXIV | 556 |
CHAPTER XXXV | 576 |
CHAPTER XXXVI | 589 |
CHAPTER XXXVII | 606 |
CHAPTER XXXVIII | 616 |
CHAPTER XXXIX | 644 |
CHAPTER XL | 661 |
CHAPTER XLI | 679 |
CHAPTER XLII | 700 |
CHAPTER XLIII | 713 |
CHAPTER XLIV | 730 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Lost Cause: A New Southern History of the War of the Confederates |
| Author | Edward A. Pollard |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | The Minerva Group, Inc., 2004 |
| ISBN | 1410215660, 9781410215666 |
| Length | 756 pages |
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