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... cause which English aristocracy had made its own , became the first of an imposing line of soldiers and writers to exalt the leaders of the lost cause at the expense of their con- querors . Henderson and the other European critics are ...
... cause which English aristocracy had made its own , became the first of an imposing line of soldiers and writers to exalt the leaders of the lost cause at the expense of their con- querors . Henderson and the other European critics are ...
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... cause . Where now were the impregnable fortifications said to be guarded by 100,000 desperate Southerners ? Where now the boasted prowess of troops , who were to quail at no odds ; where now the inexhaustible resources that were to defy ...
... cause . Where now were the impregnable fortifications said to be guarded by 100,000 desperate Southerners ? Where now the boasted prowess of troops , who were to quail at no odds ; where now the inexhaustible resources that were to defy ...
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... cause may save us here as they seem to have saved you all in the Trans- Mississippi in despite of bad management and against every human calculation . The game going on upon the military chessboard between Lee and Grant has been ...
... cause may save us here as they seem to have saved you all in the Trans- Mississippi in despite of bad management and against every human calculation . The game going on upon the military chessboard between Lee and Grant has been ...
Contents
PETERSBURG | 181 |
THE VALLEY CAMPAIGN | 205 |
FROM CHATTANOOGA TO NASHVILLE and SavanNAH | 219 |
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