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 History |
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Page 135
... broke before this small force got within sixty yards of their position . The column that had crossed the creek advanced with cheers , supposing that they had turned the Confed erate position ; but a volley of musketry put them.
... broke before this small force got within sixty yards of their position . The column that had crossed the creek advanced with cheers , supposing that they had turned the Confed erate position ; but a volley of musketry put them.
Page 140
... crossing the Potomac at Williamsport ; the river being scarcely waist - deep there . Jackson fell back to Falling Waters , on the main road to Martinsburg , a running fire being kept up . A detachment of Federal troops was then sent ...
... crossing the Potomac at Williamsport ; the river being scarcely waist - deep there . Jackson fell back to Falling Waters , on the main road to Martinsburg , a running fire being kept up . A detachment of Federal troops was then sent ...
Page 145
... crossed the stream above him , Col. Evans fell back . As the masses of the enemy drew near , military science pronounced the day lost for the Confederates . They had been flanked by numbers appar ently overwhelming . That usually fatal ...
... crossed the stream above him , Col. Evans fell back . As the masses of the enemy drew near , military science pronounced the day lost for the Confederates . They had been flanked by numbers appar ently overwhelming . That usually fatal ...
Page 149
... crossing ; the wagon was overturned in the centre of the bridge , and the passage obstructed ; and at once , at this point of confusion , the Confederates com- menced to play their artillery upon the train carriages and artillery wagons ...
... crossing ; the wagon was overturned in the centre of the bridge , and the passage obstructed ; and at once , at this point of confusion , the Confederates com- menced to play their artillery upon the train carriages and artillery wagons ...
Page 158
... crossed . They still continued their retreat along the bank of the creek , for the distance of a mile or more , and ... crossing in large numbers , when the enemy again abandoned his position , and started in the direction of Carthage ...
... crossed . They still continued their retreat along the bank of the creek , for the distance of a mile or more , and ... crossing in large numbers , when the enemy again abandoned his position , and started in the direction of Carthage ...
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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 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
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Page 42 - Resolved, That the several states composing the United States of America, are not united on the principle of unlimited submission to their general government; but that by compact, under the style and title of a Constitution for the United States...
Page 115 - 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 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 378 - Let us cross over the river, and rest under the shade of the trees...
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 217 - 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 115 - I deem it proper to say that the first service assigned to the forces hereby called forth will probably be to repossess the forts, places, and property which have been seized from the Union ; and in every event the utmost care will be observed, consistently with the objects aforesaid, to avoid any devastation, any destruction of or interference with property, or any disturbance of peaceful citizens of any part of the country.
Page 83 - Constitution of the United States of America was ratified, and also all acts and parts of acts of the General Assembly of this State ratifying amendments of the said Constitution, are hereby repealed; and that the union now subsisting between South Carolina and other States, under the name of the "United States of America,
Page 42 - That the government created by this compact was not made the exclusive or final judge of the extent of the powers delegated to itself...