THE HISTORY OF THE

CONFEDERATE
WAR

CONFEDERATE
WAR

ITS CAUSES AND ITS CONDUCT

A NARRATIVE AND CRITICAL HISTORY

BY

GEORGE CARY EGGLESTON

Volume I

London

WILLIAM HEINEMANN

1910

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1910a

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BY STURGIS & WALTON COMPANY

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VI. Uncle Tom's Cabin

VII. The Repeal of the Missouri Compromise,

The Kansas-Nebraska Bill and Squatter

Sovereignty

VIII. The Kansas War-The Dred Scott De-

cision-John Brown's Exploit at Har-

PART II. THE CONDUCT OF THE WAR

XI. The Reduction of Fort Sumter

XII. The Attitude of the Border States

XIII. "Pepper Box" Strategy

XIV. Manassas

XVII. Border Operations

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XVIII. The Blockade The Conquest of the

Coast and the Neglect to Follow up the

'Advantage thus Gained

XIX. The Era of Incapacity