English

The lost cause

Book digitized by Google from the library of Harvard University and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb. · 752 pages : 24 cm · This facsimile of the 1866 edition of the standard southern history of the Confederacy contains profiles of twenty-four leaders and the historically fascinating, well written account of the South's cause · "A facsimile of the original 1886 [i.e. 1866] edition." · True value of the Federal principle -- The Federal principle ultimately fatal to the Union -- Material decline of the South in the Union -- The sectional equilibrium -- Preparations of South Carolina to withdraw from the Union -- Character of Abraham Lincoln in history -- In what sense Virginia seceded from the Union -- Mr. Lincoln's remark about the wolf -- The victory of Manassas, a misfortune for the Confederates -- The congress in Washington -- The fickle public of the North -- General character of the military events of the year 1862 -- True causes of the Confederate disasters in the second year of the war -- The new line of confederate defence south of Nashville -- The military situation of the lower Mississippi -- More than one-third of the Federal forces operating against Richmond

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