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 xxi
... attack him . - Arrival of Longstreet with five brigades . - The enemy anticipates a flank movement by Bragg . - A severe encounter . - Cleburne's gallant charge . - The Confederate plan of battle for the next day . - Gen . Polk to open ...
... attack him . - Arrival of Longstreet with five brigades . - The enemy anticipates a flank movement by Bragg . - A severe encounter . - Cleburne's gallant charge . - The Confederate plan of battle for the next day . - Gen . Polk to open ...
Page xxiii
... attack withdrawn . - Results of the day.- Gordon's night attack . - Grant's whole army on the verge of rout .-- His immense losses . - Movements of the two armies to Spottsylvania Court - house . - Masterly performance of Lee . - A ...
... attack withdrawn . - Results of the day.- Gordon's night attack . - Grant's whole army on the verge of rout .-- His immense losses . - Movements of the two armies to Spottsylvania Court - house . - Masterly performance of Lee . - A ...
Page 97
... attack on or attempt to take possession of either one of them will be regarded as an act of hostility , and you may then put your command into either of them which you may deem most proper to increase its power of resistance . " On the ...
... attack on or attempt to take possession of either one of them will be regarded as an act of hostility , and you may then put your command into either of them which you may deem most proper to increase its power of resistance . " On the ...
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... attack served other Democrats , beside Mr. Everett , as a convenient handle for hypocrisy and falseness . To be used as such , of course , it had to be put in a convenient shape of words . Mr. Everett speaks of it as " a wanton attack ...
... attack served other Democrats , beside Mr. Everett , as a convenient handle for hypocrisy and falseness . To be used as such , of course , it had to be put in a convenient shape of words . Mr. Everett speaks of it as " a wanton attack ...
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... attack . The flag could be seen from a window of the White House in Washington . As a company of Fire Zouaves , at the head of which was Col. Ellsworth , a protégé of Mr. Lincoln , entered the town in the gray of the morning , their com ...
... attack . The flag could be seen from a window of the White House in Washington . As a company of Fire Zouaves , at the head of which was Col. Ellsworth , a protégé of Mr. Lincoln , entered the town in the gray of the morning , their com ...
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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 whole wounded