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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... effects summed up . - Coarseness of Northern civilization . - No landed gentry in the North . - Scanty appearance of the ... Effect of the Louisiana purchase on the tides of emigration . - Unequal Federal legislation , as a cause of the ...
... effects summed up . - Coarseness of Northern civilization . - No landed gentry in the North . - Scanty appearance of the ... Effect of the Louisiana purchase on the tides of emigration . - Unequal Federal legislation , as a cause of the ...
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... effect . - Other military acts of the Confederate Congress . - Re - organization of the army . - Destruction of Southern cotton and tobacco . - Authorization of partisan service . - Alternations of Confede- rate victory and defeat ...
... effect . - Other military acts of the Confederate Congress . - Re - organization of the army . - Destruction of Southern cotton and tobacco . - Authorization of partisan service . - Alternations of Confede- rate victory and defeat ...
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... effect of the fall of Richmond . -Appeals of the Richmond press . - Jackson's campaign in the Valley of Virginia.— Jackson determines on the aggressive . - Disposition of the Federal forces west of the Blue Ridge . - Affair at M'Dowell ...
... effect of the fall of Richmond . -Appeals of the Richmond press . - Jackson's campaign in the Valley of Virginia.— Jackson determines on the aggressive . - Disposition of the Federal forces west of the Blue Ridge . - Affair at M'Dowell ...
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... Effect of McClellan's defeat in the North . - Organization of another Federal army under Gen. Pope . - Political significance of Pope's appointment . - New measures of violence in the war . - McClellan's ideas of the conduct of the war ...
... Effect of McClellan's defeat in the North . - Organization of another Federal army under Gen. Pope . - Political significance of Pope's appointment . - New measures of violence in the war . - McClellan's ideas of the conduct of the war ...
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... Effect of the Emancipation Proclamation on the Confeder- ates . - President Davis ' commentary . - Spirit of the press and people of the Con- federacy . - Effect of the proclamation in the North . - Analysis of the Northern elections of ...
... Effect of the Emancipation Proclamation on the Confeder- ates . - President Davis ' commentary . - Spirit of the press and people of the Con- federacy . - Effect of the proclamation in the North . - Analysis of the Northern elections of ...
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
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Andrew Johnson: A Biographical Companion Glenna R. Schroeder-Lein,Richard Zuczek No preview available - 2001 |