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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... taken by the enemy . - Cemetery Ridge.- " Round Top . " - The Confederate line of battle . - Why Gen. Lee determined to attack . - Action of the second day- Longstreet's desperate engagement . - Temporary possession of " Round Top ...
... taken by the enemy . - Cemetery Ridge.- " Round Top . " - The Confederate line of battle . - Why Gen. Lee determined to attack . - Action of the second day- Longstreet's desperate engagement . - Temporary possession of " Round Top ...
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... taken .-- Great slaughter of the enemy . - Grant confesses a failure , and waits six days for reinforcements . - Operations on the south side of Richmond . - Grant's instructions to Butler . - Sigel's column in West- ern Virginia ...
... taken .-- Great slaughter of the enemy . - Grant confesses a failure , and waits six days for reinforcements . - Operations on the south side of Richmond . - Grant's instructions to Butler . - Sigel's column in West- ern Virginia ...
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... taken by assault . - Gallantry of the Confederate garrison . - Gen . Hardee evacuates Savannah . - Extent of Sherman's captures . - How much of his achievements was " simple waste and destruction . " - Review of " the great march ...
... taken by assault . - Gallantry of the Confederate garrison . - Gen . Hardee evacuates Savannah . - Extent of Sherman's captures . - How much of his achievements was " simple waste and destruction . " - Review of " the great march ...
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... taken . - Slocum threatens Augusta . - Junction of the two columns in the vicinity of the Augusta and Charleston Railroad . - Scenes of license and plunder on Sherman's march . - Savage atrocities . - The track of fire . - Sherman's ...
... taken . - Slocum threatens Augusta . - Junction of the two columns in the vicinity of the Augusta and Charleston Railroad . - Scenes of license and plunder on Sherman's march . - Savage atrocities . - The track of fire . - Sherman's ...
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... taken as a compromise between sections , or even , in a broader and more philosophical view , as a treaty between two nations of opposite civilizations . For we shall see that the distinction of North and South , apparently founded on ...
... taken as a compromise between sections , or even , in a broader and more philosophical view , as a treaty between two nations of opposite civilizations . For we shall see that the distinction of North and South , apparently founded on ...
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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.