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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 21. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Last days of the army of Northern Virginia. (search)
ded against the invader. The history of Western Europe did not allow the conclusion that it would respect the thin blockade which prevented the exchange of our great products in the markets of the world, and kept from us money, supplies and munitions which could not be had at home. There was reasonable hope, if the contest long continued, that the interests and rivalries of the outside world would raise up allies for us, as in the Revolution of our fathers. The seizure of Mason and Slidell from an English vessel on the high seas, and the irritations and complications growing out of the French occupation of Mexico, came near involving the United States in conflict with those powers. The thin, almost paper blockades, maintained for a time on parts of the Southern coast, afforded constant provocations of trouble with the outside world, and so also of questions with foreign powers, which recognized the Confederate States as belligerents, as to allowing our privateers to remain i
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 21. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), William Lowndes Yancey, [from the Moutgomery, Ala., daily Advertiser, April 15, 1893.] (search)
nted to them. His speech was applauded to the echo. When the National Convention met on the following Monday the delegates from Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, and South Carolina had come to an agreement to withdraw if the platform did not embrace the clause respecting slavery demanded by the South. There was a most bitter opposition to the nomination of Judge Douglass. President Buchanan encouraged and supported this opposition by personal and official influence. John Slidell was not a delegate to the convention, still, he was personally present in Charleston for the purpose of working the wires to defeat Douglass, an art in which natural cunning and long practice had made him very proficient. The selection of Caleb Cushing for president of the convention was a serious blow to Douglass. There was a bitter fight between the rival delegations from New York-one headed by Fernando Wood the other by Dean Richmond, but the latter were admitted to seats. Ultra Sou
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 21. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Index. (search)
enson J., cited, 292. Louisiana Troops, their part in the Battle of Frazier's Farm, 160; at Shiloh, 215; the 14th Regiment Infantry, 165. Lowry, Gen. M. P., 147. McGuire, Dr. W. P., 367. Magnaminity of the true soldier, 337. Magruder, Gen. John B., 118. McKinnon, James, 110. McLean, Hon., 357. Malvern Hill, Battle of 128. McMasters, John, 343. McNulty, Dr. F. J., 165. Manassas, 377. Marshall, Col. Chas , 353. Marye's Heights, touching incident, 7, 31. Mason and Slidell, Seizure of, 99. Maury, Gen. D. H., 221, 304. Maryland, My, The Song, 267. Mechanicsville, Battle of, 125, 378. Mercer, Cadet, Thos. H., 109. Messenger, Wilmington, N. C., cited, 257. Mexican War, The, 114. Minnesota, The, 269. Minutiae of Soldier's Life, 346. Mississippi Infantry, 19th, 165; 21st, 31. Mitchell, Capt., James, 109. Modern Greece, The Steamer, 263, 268. Montgomery, Ala., Daily Advertiser, cited, 151, 227. Monuments to the Confederate Dead, 46;