The Lost Cause: A New Southern History of the War of the Confederates

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The Minerva Group, Inc., 2004 - History - 756 pages
When 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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