în Cinciunati.—Gen. Bragg's Plans.-Smith's Movement to Bragg's Lines.-Escape

of the Yankee Forces from Cumberland Gap:-Affair of Munfordsville.-Gen. Bragg

between the Enemy and the Ohio.-An Opportunity for a decisive Blow.-Buell's

Escape to Louisville.-The Inauguration of Governor at Frankfort.-An idle Cerc-

mony.-Probable Surprise of Gen. Bragg.-THE BATTLE OF PERRYVILLE.—Its Im-

mediate Results in our Favor.-Bragg's failure to concentrate his Forces.-His Reso-

Intion of Retreat.-Scenes of the Retreat from Kentucky.-Errors of the Campaign.-

A lame Excuse.-Public Sentiment in Kentucky.-The Demoralization of that

State.-The Lessons of Submission....
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CHAPTER XIX.

Our Lines in the Southwest.-Gen. Breckenridge's Attack on Baton Rouge.-De-

struction of the Ram Arkansas.—Gen. Price's Reverse at Iuka.-Desperate Fighting.

THE BATTLE OF CORINTH.-Van Dorn's hasty Exultations.-The Massacre of College

Hill.-Wild and terrible Courage of the Confederates.-Our Forces beaten Back.—

Our Lines of Retreat secured.-The Military Prospects of the South overshadowed.

-THE DEPARTMENT OF THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI.-Romance of the War in Missouri.-.

Schofield's Order calling out the Militia.-Atrocities of the Yankee Rule in Missouri.

-Robbery without "Red Tape."-The Guerrilla Campaign.-The Affair of Kirks-

ville.-Execution of Col. McCullough.-The Affair of Lone Jack.-Timely Reinforce-

ment of Lexington by the Yankees.-The Palmyra Massacre.-The Question of Re-

taliation with the South.-THE MILITARY AND POLITICAL SITUATION.-Survey of the

Military Situation.-Capture of Galveston by the Yankees.-The Enemy's Naval

Power. His Iron-clads.-Importance of Foundries in the South.-Prospect in the

Southwest.-Prospect in Tennessee.-Prospect in Virginia.—Stuart's Raid into Penn-

sylvania. Souvenirs of Southern Chivalry.-The "Soft-mannered Rebels."--Political

Complexion of the War in the North.-Lincoln's "Emancipation Proclamation."-

History of Yankee Legislation in the War.-Political Error of the Emancipation Proc-

lamation.-Its Effect on the South.-The Decay of European Sympathy with the

Abolitionists.-What the War accomplished for Negro Slavery in the South.-Yankee

Falsehoods and Bravadoes in Europe.-Delusion of Conquering the South by Starva-

tion.-Caricatures in the New York Pictorials.-The noble Eloquence of Hunger and

Rags-Manners in the South.-Yankee Warfare.-The Desolation of Virginia.-

The Lessons of harsh Necessity. — Improvement of the Civil Adininistration of

the Confederacy.-Ordnance, Manufacturing Resources, Quartermasters' Supplies,

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etc.....

CHAPTER XX.

The Heroism of Virginia.-Her Battle-fields.-Burnside's Plan of Campaign.-

Calculations of his Movement upon Fredericksburg.-Failure to surprise Gen. Leo.-

THE BATTLE OF FREDERICKSBURG.-The Enemy crossing the River.-Their Bombard-

ment of the Town.-Scenes of Distress.-The Battle on the Right Wing.-The Story

of Marye's Heights.-Repulse of the Enemy.-The old Lesson of barren Victory.-

Death of Gen. Cobb.-Death of Gen. Gregg.-Romance of the Story of Fredericks-

burg. Her noble Women.-Yankee Sacking of the Town.-A Specimen of Yankee

Warfare in North Carolina.-Designs of the Enemy in this State.-The Engagements

of Kinston.-Glance at other Theatres of the War.-Gen. Hindman's Victory at

Prairie Grove.-Achievements of our Cavalry in the West.-The Affair of Harts-

ville.-Col. Clarkson's Expedition.-Condition of Events at the Close of the Year

1862.........
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CHAPTER XXI.

The eastern Portion of Tennessee.-Its Military Importance.- Com.pos tion o

Bragg's Army.-THE BATTLE OF MURFREESBORO'.-The Right Wing of the Enemy

routed.—Bragg's Exultations.-The Assault of the 2d of January.“ The bloody

crossing of Stone River."-The Confederates fall back to Tullahoma.-Review of the

Battle-field of Murfreesboro'.-Repulse of the Enemy at Vicksburg.-THE RECAP-

TURE OF GALVESTON.-The Midnight March.-Capture of the "Harriet Lane.”—

Arkansas Post taken by the Yankees.-Its Advantages.-The affair of the Rams in

Charleston Harbor.-Naval structure of the Confederacy.—Capture of the Yankee

gunboat "Queen of the West."-Heroism of George Wood.-Capture of the "In-

dianola."-The War on the Water.-The Confederate Cruisers.-Prowess of the

"Alabama."
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CHAPTER XXII.

An extraordinary Lull in the War.-An Affair with the Enemy on the Black-

water.-Raids in the West.--Van Dorn's Captures.-THE MEETING OF CONGRESS.—

Character of this Body.-Its Dulness and Servility.-Mr. Foote and the Cabinet.-

Two Popular Themes of Confidence.-Party Contention in the North.-Successes of

the Democrats there.-Analysis of the Party Politics of the North.-The Interest of

New England in the War.-How the War affected the Northwestern Portions of the

United States.-Mr. Foote's Resolutions respecting the Northwestern States.-How

they were received by the Southern Public.-New War Measures at Washington.-

Lincoln a Dictator.-Prospect of Foreign Interference.-Action of the Emperor Na

poleon.-Suffering of the Working Classes in England.-The Delusions of an early

Peace.-The Tasks before Congress.-Prostrate Condition of the Confederate F-

nances.-President Davis's Blunder.-The Errors of our Financial System.-The

Wealth of the South.-The Impressment Law of Congress.-Scarcity of Supplies.—

Inflated Prices.-Speculation and Extortion in the Confederacy.-Three Remarks

about these.-The Verdict of History.........
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CHAPTER XXIII

Character of Military Events of the Spring of 1863.-Repulse of the Enemy at Fort

McAllister.-THE SIEGE OF VICKSBURG.-The Yazoo Pass Expedition.-Confederate

Success at Fort Pemberton.-The Enemy's Canals, or "Cut-offs."-Their Failure.-

BOMBARDMENT OF PORT HUDSON.-Destruction of "The Mississippi."-A Funeral

Pyre.-Happy Effects of our Victory.-A Review of the line of inland Hostilities.-

Hooker's hesitation on the Rappahannock.-The Assignment of Confederate com-

mands west of the Mississippi.-The Affair of Kelly's Ford.--Death of Major Pel-

ham.-NAVAL ATTACK ON CHARLESTON.-Destruction of "The Keokuk."-Scenery of

the Bombardment.-Extent of the Confederate Success.-Events in Tennessee and

Kentucky.-Pegram's Reverse.-The Situation of Hostilities at the close of April,

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1862....

CHAPTER XXIV.

Close of the Second Year of the War. Propriety of an Outline of some succeed-

ing Events.-Cavalry Enterprises of the Enemy.-The raids in Mississippi and Vir

ginia.-SKETCH OF THE BATTLES OF THE RAPPAHANNOCK.-The Enemy's Plan of Attack

-The Fight at Chancellorsville.-The Splendid Charge of "Stonewall" Jackson.-

The Fight at Fredericksburg.—The Fight at Salem Church.-Summary of our Victory

-DEATH OF "STONEWALL" JACKSON.-His Character and Services..........PAGE 604

CHAPTER XXV.

A Period of Disasters.-DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSISSIPPI.-Grant's March upon

Vicksburg.-Its Steps and Incidents.-The Engagement of Port Gibson.-The Evacu-

ation of Jackson.-The Battle of Baker's Creek.-Pemberton's Declarations as to the

Defence of Vicksburg.-A grand Assault upon the "Heroic City."-Its Repulse.-

The Final Surrender of Vicksburg.-How the Public Mind of the South was shocked.

-Consequences of the Disaster.-How it involved affairs on the Lower Mississippi.

-Other Theatres of the War.-THE CAMPAIGN IN PENNSYLVANIA AND MARYLAND.-

Hooker manœuvred out of Virginia.-The Recapture of Winchester.-The Second

Invasion of the Northern Territory.-The Alarm of the North.-Gen. Lee's object in

the Invasion of Maryland and Pennsylvania.-His Essays at Conciliation.-The Er-

ror of such Policy.-The advance of his Lines into Pennsylvania.-The Battle of

Gettysburg.—The Three Days' Engagements.—Death of Barksdale.—Pickett's splen-

did Charge on the Batteries.-Repulse of the Confederates.-Anxiety and Alarm in

Richmond.-Lee's safe Retreat into Virginia.-Mystery of his Movement.-Recovery

of the Confidence of the South.

Review of the Present Aspects of the

War.-Comparison between the Disasters of 1862 and those of 1863.-The Vitals of

the Confederacy yet untouched.-Review of the Civil Administration.-Presider.

Davis, his Cabinet, and his Favorites.-His private Quarrels.-His Deference to Eure

pean Opinion. Decline of the Finances of the Confederacy.-Reasons of their Decline

The Confederate Brokers.-The Blockade Runners.-The Disaffections of Property

holders.-The Spirit of the Army.-The Moral Resolution of the Confederacy.-How

the Enemy has strengthened it.-The Prospects of the Future.....
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CHAPTER XXVI.

REVIEW- -POLITICAL IDEAS IN THE NORTH, &C.

The Dogma of Numerical Majorities.-Its Date in the Yankee Mind.-Demoraliza-

tion of the Idea of the Sovereignty of Numbers.-Experience of Minorities in Ameri-

can Politics.-Source of the Doctrine of "CONSOLIDATION."-The Slavery Question the

logical Result of Consolidation.-Another Aspect of Consolidation in the Tariff.—

Summary of the Legislation on the Tariff.-A Yankee Picture of the Poverty of the

South.-John C. Calhoun.-President Davis's Opinion of his School of Politics.-,

"Nullification," as a Union Measure.-Mr. Webster's "Four Exhaustive Proposi-

tions."-The True Interpretation of the Present Struggle of the South.-The North-

ern Idea of the Sovereignty of Numbers.-Its Results in this War.--President Lin-

coln's Office.-The Revenge of the Yankee Congress upon the People.-The easy

Surrender of their Liberties by the Yankees.-Lincoln and Cromwell.-Explanation

of the Political Subserviency in the North.-Superficial Political Education of the

Yankee.-His "Civilization."-The Moral Nature of the Yankee unmasked by the

War. His new Political System.-Burnside's "Death Order."-A Bid for Confeder

ate Scalps.-A new Interpretation of the War.-The North as a Parasite.-The Foun

dations of the National Independence of the South.-Present Aspects of the War.-

Its external Con 'ition and Morals.-The Spirit of the South and the Promises of the

Future.....
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SOUTHERN HISTORY OF THE WAR.

THE FIRST YEAR.

CHAPTER I.

Delusive Ideas of the Union.-Administration of John Adams.-The "Strict Con structionists."-The "State Rights" Men in the North.-The Missouri Restriction.--General Jackson and the Nullification Question.-The Compromise Measures of 1850. -History of the Anti-Slavery Party.-The "Pinckney Resolutions."-The Twentyfirst Rule.-The Abolitionists in the Presidential Canvass of 1852.-The KansasNebraska Bill.-The Rise and Growth of the Republican Party.-The Election of President Buchanan.-The Kansas Controversy." Lecompton" and "Anti-Lecompton."-Results of the Kansas Controversy.-The John Brown Raid. "Helper's Book."-Demoralization of the Northern Democratic Party.-The Faction of Stephen A. Douglas.-The Alabama Resolutions.-The Political Platforms of 1860.-Election of Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States.-Analysis of the Vote.-Political Condition of the North.-Secession of South Carolina.-Events in Charleston Harbor --Disagreements in Mr. Buchanan's Cabinet.-The Secession Movement in Progress -Peace Measures in Congress.-The Crittenden Resolutions.-The Peace Congress.— Policy of the Border Slave States.-Organization of the Confederate States Government.-President Buchanan.-Incoming of the Administration of Abraham Lincoln. -Strength of the Revolution.

THE American people of the present generation were born in the belief that the Union of the States was destined to be perpetual. A few minds rose superior to this natal delusion; the early history of the Union itself was not without premonitions of decay and weakness; and yet it may be said that the belief in its permanency was, in the early part of the present generation, a popular and obstinate delusion, that embraced the masses of the country.

The foundations of this delusion had been deeply laid in the early history of the country, and had been sustained by a false, but ingenious prejudice. It was busily represented, especially by demagogues in the North, that the Union was the fruit of the Kevolution of 1776, and had been purchased by the blood of our forefathers. No fallacy could have been more erroneous in fact more insidious in its display, or more effective in