The History of the Confederate War, Its Causes and Its Conduct (Vol.1&2) (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Complete EditionBy George Cary Eggleston
Length22h 56m
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The History of the Confederate War, Its Causes and Its Conduct is a two-volume narrative of the American Civil War written from an avowedly Confederate standpoint, moving from the sectional controversies preceding secession to the campaigns, diplomacy, and collapse of the Southern war effort. Eggleston's prose is lucid, anecdotal, and argumentative, combining military chronicle with political explanation. Situated within early twentieth-century Civil War historiography, it reflects both the documentary ambitions and the interpretive limits of the postwar "Lost Cause" tradition. George Cary Eggleston (1839–1911), a Virginian-born writer, journalist, and former Confederate soldier, brought to the work the memories of participation and the habits of a professional man of letters. His service in the Confederate army, later editorial career, and long engagement with Southern public memory shaped his desire to explain the conflict's origins and conduct to a national readership. Readers seeking a primary example of how former Confederates narrated the war will find this work valuable, provided it is approached critically and alongside modern scholarship. Its strength lies less in detached impartiality than in revealing the assumptions, loyalties, and rhetorical strategies through which a defeated generation interpreted the nation's central conflict.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- Hand‐picked Memorable Quotes shine a spotlight on moments of literary brilliance.
- Interactive footnotes clarify unusual references, historical allusions, and archaic phrases for an effortless, more informed read.
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GenreHistory
Length22 hrs 56 mins
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Publish dateApr 6, 2020
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The History of the Confederate War, Its Causes and Its Conduct (Vol.1&2) (Annotated)
2Volume 1
3PART I THE CAUSES OF THE WAR (pt. 1)
4PART I THE CAUSES OF THE WAR (pt. 2)
5PART I THE CAUSES OF THE WAR (pt. 3)
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6PART II THE CONDUCT OF THE WAR (pt. 1)
7PART II THE CONDUCT OF THE WAR (pt. 2)
8PART II THE CONDUCT OF THE WAR (pt. 3)
9Volume 2
10CHAPTER XXXI The Struggle for Emancipation
11CHAPTER XXXII Burnside's Fredericksburg Campaign[63]
12CHAPTER XXXIII Halleck's Treatment of Grant
13CHAPTER XXXIV Grant at Corinth[66]
14CHAPTER XXXV Bragg's Campaign Against Louisville
15CHAPTER XXXVI Fall and Winter Campaigns at the West and South
16CHAPTER XXXVII The Chancellorsville Campaign
17CHAPTER XXXVIII The Gettysburg Campaign
18CHAPTER XXXIX The Campaign of Vicksburg
19CHAPTER XL The State of Things After Gettysburg
20CHAPTER XLI The Struggle for Charleston
21CHAPTER XLII The Campaigns of Chickamauga and Chattanooga
22CHAPTER XLIII Grant's Strategy—The Red River Campaign—Fort Pillow, Etc.
23CHAPTER XLIV Grant's Plan of Campaign
24CHAPTER XLV The Battles in the Wilderness
25CHAPTER XLVI Spottsylvania and the Bloody Angle
26CHAPTER XLVII Cold Harbor[98] and on to Petersburg
27CHAPTER XLVIII The Confederate Cruisers
28CHAPTER XLIX Sherman's Campaign against Atlanta
29CHAPTER L The Bay Fight at Mobile
30CHAPTER LI The Mine Explosion at Petersburg[103]
31CHAPTER LII Early's Invasion of Pennsylvania
32CHAPTER LIII Operations at Petersburg and Sheridan's Valley Campaign
33CHAPTER LIV The Presidential Campaign of 1864
34CHAPTER LV Sherman at Atlanta
35CHAPTER LVI Sherman's "March to the Sea"
36CHAPTER LVII Hood's Campaign
37CHAPTER LVIII Preparations for the Decisive Blow
38CHAPTER LIX The End
39Memorable Quotes
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