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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... rear at Centre- ville , with precautions against the advance of his reserves from the direc tion of Washington . Even after his left flank had been so terribly en- gaged , he supposed that this movement would relieve it ; and in his ...
... rear at Centre- ville , with precautions against the advance of his reserves from the direc tion of Washington . Even after his left flank had been so terribly en- gaged , he supposed that this movement would relieve it ; and in his ...
Page 162
... rear ; and with one wild yell , the Southerners broke upon their disordered ranks , pushing them back , and strewing the ground with their dead . The order to retreat was given , and soon the enemy's infantry columns , artillery , and ...
... rear ; and with one wild yell , the Southerners broke upon their disordered ranks , pushing them back , and strewing the ground with their dead . The order to retreat was given , and soon the enemy's infantry columns , artillery , and ...
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... rear of Gen. Wise . He was in danger of being cut off in the rear by several roads from the northwest , striking the Kanawha road at various points between Lewisburg and Gauley Bridge . The.
... rear of Gen. Wise . He was in danger of being cut off in the rear by several roads from the northwest , striking the Kanawha road at various points between Lewisburg and Gauley Bridge . The.
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... rear . But he saw at once that his former reconnoissance had been deceptive . The fortified post was literally unapproachable , by reason of thick abattis of felled trees , with branches and undergrowth densely interlaced , extending ...
... rear . But he saw at once that his former reconnoissance had been deceptive . The fortified post was literally unapproachable , by reason of thick abattis of felled trees , with branches and undergrowth densely interlaced , extending ...
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... rear in the dark , and the next morning , when the Confederates looked out from their camp , the whole of the threatening host that had confronted them for twelve days before , was gone . Gen. Lee made no attempt to pursue them . It was ...
... rear in the dark , and the next morning , when the Confederates looked out from their camp , the whole of the threatening host that had confronted them for twelve days before , was gone . Gen. Lee made no attempt to pursue them . It was ...
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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...