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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Page 108
... heavy force of soldiers , had sailed for the Southern coast ! THE REDUCTION OF FORT SUMTER . On the 3d of March President Davis had commissioned P. G. T. Beau- regard , then Colonel of Engineers in the Confederate service , Brigadier ...
... heavy force of soldiers , had sailed for the Southern coast ! THE REDUCTION OF FORT SUMTER . On the 3d of March President Davis had commissioned P. G. T. Beau- regard , then Colonel of Engineers in the Confederate service , Brigadier ...
Page 109
... heavy beams and sand - bags , and containing three eight - inch mortars ; next the " iron battery , " covered over with railroad bars , and having thick iron plates to close the em- brasures after the guns were fired . Nearest to Sumter ...
... heavy beams and sand - bags , and containing three eight - inch mortars ; next the " iron battery , " covered over with railroad bars , and having thick iron plates to close the em- brasures after the guns were fired . Nearest to Sumter ...
Page 110
... heavy guns were heard , and the smoke and shells from the batteries which had just opened fire on Sumter were distinctly visible . I immediately stood out to inform Capt . Rowan , of the Pawnee , but met him coming in . He hailed me and ...
... heavy guns were heard , and the smoke and shells from the batteries which had just opened fire on Sumter were distinctly visible . I immediately stood out to inform Capt . Rowan , of the Pawnee , but met him coming in . He hailed me and ...
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... heavy volley of stones . The troops were unable to withstand the gathering crowd ; they were bewildered by their mode of attack ; they pressed along the streets confused and staggering , breaking into a run whenever there was an ...
... heavy volley of stones . The troops were unable to withstand the gathering crowd ; they were bewildered by their mode of attack ; they pressed along the streets confused and staggering , breaking into a run whenever there was an ...
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... heavy force of infantry , and again dispossessed the Confederates . It was evident that the latter were being slowly overpowered by the weight of numbers . A force , estimated at twenty thousand infantry , seven companies of cavalry ...
... heavy force of infantry , and again dispossessed the Confederates . It was evident that the latter were being slowly overpowered by the weight of numbers . A force , estimated at twenty thousand infantry , seven companies of cavalry ...
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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 wounded
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Page 115 - Whereas, the laws of the United States have been for some time past, and now are, opposed, and the execution thereof obstructed, in the States of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas, by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, or by the powers vested in the marshals by law...
Page 35 - The said states hereby severally enter into a firm league of friendship with each other for their common defence, the security of their liberties, and their mutual and general welfare, binding themselves to assist each other against all force offered to, or attacks made upon them, or any of them, on account of religion, sovereignty, trade, or any other pretence whatever.
Page 359 - That the Executive will, on the first day of January aforesaid, by proclamation, designate the States and parts of States, if any, in which the people thereof, respectively, shall then be in rebellion against the United States; and the fact that any State, or the people thereof, shall on that day be in good faith represented in the Congress of the United States, by members chosen thereto at elections wherein a majority of the qualified voters of such State shall have participated, shall, in the absence...
Page 359 - ... that on the first day of january in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and sixtythree all persons held as slaves within any state or designated part of a state the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the united states shall be then thenceforward and forever free...
Page 102 - I have often inquired of myself what great principle or idea it was that kept this confederacy so long together. It was not the mere matter of the separation of the colonies from the mother-land, but that sentiment in the Declaration of Independence which gave liberty, not alone to the people of this country, but, I hope, to the world, for all future time.
Page 215 - I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so.
Page 372 - It is with heartfelt satisfaction, that the Commanding General announces to the army, that the operations of the last three days have determined that our enemy must either ingloriously fly, or come out from behind his defences, and give us battle on our own ground, where certain destruction awaits him.
Page 358 - These are not, however, the days of miracles, and I suppose it will be granted that I am not to expect a direct revelation. I must study the plain physical facts of the case, ascertain what is possible and learn what appears to be wise and right.
Page 475 - Any people anywhere being inclined and having the power have the right to rise up and shake off the existing government, and form a new one that suits them better. This is a most valuable, a most sacred right — a right which we hope and believe is to liberate the world.
Page 706 - AM today could lead to no good. I will state, however, General, that I am equally anxious for peace with yourself, and the whole North entertains the same feeling. The terms upon which peace can be had are well understood. By the South laying down their arms they will hasten that most desirable event, save thousands of human lives, and hundreds of millions of property not yet destroyed.