Confederate Military History
Causes of the War

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This volume was originallly published in two volumes. It comprise such subjects as the justification of the Southern States in seceding from the Union and the honorable conduct of the war by the Confederate States government; the history of the actions and concessions of the South in the formation of the Union and its policy in securing the existing magnificent territorial dominion of the United States; the civil history of the Confederate States, supplemented with sketches of the President, Vice-President, cabinet officers and other officials of the government; Confederate naval history; the morale of the armies; the South since the war, and a connected outline of events from the beginning of the struggle to its close.

Hon. J. L. M. Curry, LL. D. LEGAL JUSTIFICATION OF THE SOUTH IN SECESSION 1-58

William R. Garrett, THE SOUTH AS A FACTOR IN THE TERRITORIAL EXPANSION OF THE UNITED STATES 59-246

CHAPTER I. Territorial Expansion a Distinctive Feature in the History of the United States--The South a Leading Factor in this Policy 61

CHAPTER II. The Extension of the Territory of the United States from tile Alleghany Mountains to the Mississippi River and North of the Ohio River 72

CHAPTER III. Hostilities with France and the Acquisition of Louisiana 128

CHAPTER IV. The Second War with Great Britain-- Spanish Complications---Spain Cedes Florida, and Her Claims to Oregon 160

CHAPTER V. Annexation of Texas--War with Mexico--Mexican Cessions--Oregon Treaty with Great Britain 205

CHAPTER VI. Confederate War--Acquisition of Alaska 239