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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... Northern civilization . - No landed gentry in the North . - Scanty appearance of the Southern country . - The sentiments and manners of its people.- " American exaggeration , " a peculiarity of the Northern mind . - Sobriety of the ...
... Northern civilization . - No landed gentry in the North . - Scanty appearance of the Southern country . - The sentiments and manners of its people.- " American exaggeration , " a peculiarity of the Northern mind . - Sobriety of the ...
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... Northern sympathy with him . - Alarming tendency of the Republican Party to the Ultra - Abolition school .- " The Helper Book . " - Sentiments of Sixty - eight Northern congressmen . - The conceit and in- solence of the North ...
... Northern sympathy with him . - Alarming tendency of the Republican Party to the Ultra - Abolition school .- " The Helper Book . " - Sentiments of Sixty - eight Northern congressmen . - The conceit and in- solence of the North ...
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... Northern Democrats . - Dickinson , Everett , and Cochrane . - President Lincoln's Proclamation . His pacific ... Northern conceit about the war . - Prophecies of Northern journals . - A " Three months ' war . " — Ells- worth and Billy ...
... Northern Democrats . - Dickinson , Everett , and Cochrane . - President Lincoln's Proclamation . His pacific ... Northern conceit about the war . - Prophecies of Northern journals . - A " Three months ' war . " — Ells- worth and Billy ...
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... Northern and Southern States . - The Census of 1860. - Material ad- vantages of the North in the war . - The question of subsistence . - Poverty of the South in the material and means of war . - How the Confederacy was supplied with ...
... Northern and Southern States . - The Census of 1860. - Material ad- vantages of the North in the war . - The question of subsistence . - Poverty of the South in the material and means of war . - How the Confederacy was supplied with ...
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... Northern Missouri . - Fremont in command of the Federal forces in Missouri . - His proclama- tion emancipating the slaves . - Its novelty and brutality . - Repudiated at Washing- ton . The siege of Lexington . - Its surrender to Price ...
... Northern Missouri . - Fremont in command of the Federal forces in Missouri . - His proclama- tion emancipating the slaves . - Its novelty and brutality . - Repudiated at Washing- ton . The siege of Lexington . - Its surrender to Price ...
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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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 reached 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 wounded
References to this book
Andrew Johnson: A Biographical Companion Glenna R. Schroeder-Lein,Richard Zuczek No preview available - 2001 |