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Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 1. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.) 37 17 Browse Search
William H. Herndon, Jesse William Weik, Herndon's Lincoln: The True Story of a Great Life, Etiam in minimis major, The History and Personal Recollections of Abraham Lincoln by William H. Herndon, for twenty years his friend and Jesse William Weik 25 3 Browse Search
Colonel William Preston Johnston, The Life of General Albert Sidney Johnston : His Service in the Armies of the United States, the Republic of Texas, and the Confederate States. 20 14 Browse Search
Jubal Anderson Early, Ruth Hairston Early, Lieutenant General Jubal A. Early , C. S. A. 18 0 Browse Search
James Redpath, The Roving Editor: or, Talks with Slaves in the Southern States. 16 0 Browse Search
Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Chapter XXII: Operations in Kentucky, Tennessee, North Mississippi, North Alabama, and Southwest Virginia. March 4-June 10, 1862., Part II: Correspondence, Orders, and Returns. (ed. Lieut. Col. Robert N. Scott) 16 0 Browse Search
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 2. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.) 15 7 Browse Search
George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard) 15 5 Browse Search
Edward Porter Alexander, Military memoirs of a Confederate: a critical narrative 15 3 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 27. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 14 0 Browse Search
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y, where his great attainments in statesmanship, and rare sagacity in matters appertaining to finance, would have enabled him to render inestimable services to his country. He is said, and we doubt it not, to have seen at the first glance the whole truth with regard to our position, and to have earnestly recommended the instant purchase and conveyance to Europe of one million of bales of cotton. It could have been done at that time with perfect facility, for it was during the last term of Buchanan, while the Government was still at Montgomery, and the ports had not yet been blockaded. He estimated that the sale of this cotton would bring at least $100,000,000, of which a part was to be expended in the equipment of one hundred iron-clad sea- going steamers, and the rest placed to our credit in Europe. Everybody can now see what would have been the consequence of such a policy; but it is the fate of genius always to find its far reaching foresight derided or neglected by ordinary min