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The History of the Confederate War, Its Causes and Its Conduct, Volume I (of 2)

The History of the Confederate War, Its Causes and Its Conduct, Volume I (of 2)

by George Cary Eggleston

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Author
Eggleston, George Cary, 1839-1911
Title
The History of the Confederate War, Its Causes and Its Conduct, Volume 1 (of 2) A Narrative and Critical History
Credits
E-text prepared by David Edwards, Charlie Howard, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive ( archive.org)
Language
English
LoC Class
E456: History: America: Civil War period (1861-1865)
Subject
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Category
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eBook-No.
45609
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/45609
Release Date
May 7, 2014
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.THE HISTORY OF THE CONFEDERATE WAR
  2. 2.CONTENTS
  3. 3.PART I THE CAUSES OF THE WAR
  4. 4.INTRODUCTION The Magnitude of the Confederate War
  5. 5.CHAPTER I A Public, not a Civil, War
  6. 6.CHAPTER II The Growth of the National Idea
  7. 7.CHAPTER III The "Irrepressible Conflict"
  8. 8.CHAPTER IV The Annexation of Texas
  9. 9.CHAPTER V The Compromise of 1850
  10. 10.CHAPTER VI Uncle Tom's Cabin
  11. 11.CHAPTER VII The Repeal of the Missouri Compromise, The Kansas-Nebraska Bill and Squatter Sovereignty
  12. 12.CHAPTER VIII The Kansas War—The Dred Scott Decision—John Brown's Exploit at Harper's Ferry
  13. 13.CHAPTER IX The Election of 1860
  14. 14.CHAPTER X The Birth of War
  15. 15.BOOK II THE CONDUCT OF THE WAR
  16. 16.CHAPTER XI The Reduction of Fort Sumter
  17. 17.CHAPTER XII The Attitude of the Border States
  18. 18.CHAPTER XIII "Pepper Box" Strategy
  19. 19.CHAPTER XIV Manassas
  20. 20.CHAPTER XV The Paralysis of Victory
  21. 21.CHAPTER XVI The European Menace
  22. 22.CHAPTER XVII Border Operations
  23. 23.CHAPTER XVIII The Blockade—The Conquest of the Coast and the Neglect to Follow up the Advantage thus Gained
  24. 24.CHAPTER XIX The Era of Incapacity
  25. 25.CHAPTER XX The First Appearance of Grant
  26. 26.CHAPTER XXI The Situation Before Shiloh
  27. 27.CHAPTER XXII Between Manassas and Shiloh—The Situation in Virginia
  28. 28.CHAPTER XXIII Shiloh
  29. 29.CHAPTER XXIV New Madrid and Island Number 10
  30. 30.CHAPTER XXV Farragut at New Orleans
  31. 31.CHAPTER XXVI McClellan's Peninsular Advance
  32. 32.CHAPTER XXVII Jackson's Valley Campaign
  33. 33.CHAPTER XXVIII The Seven Days' Battles
  34. 34.CHAPTER XXIX The Second Manassas Campaign
  35. 35.CHAPTER XXX Lee's First Invasion of Maryland
  36. 36.Transcribers' Note

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