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What if Lee had avoided defeat at Gettysburg? In the right hands the ``what if'' question can give us unusual access to the fascinations of history.
What if the South had won the Civil War? Howard Means, author of the acclaimed biography "Colin Powell", offers a riveting alternative-history thriller in the bestselling tradition of "Fatherland".
A concerted effort is underway to destroy part of America's history, much of it surrounding slavery. But a lot of this historical destruction is based on misunderstandings and outright lies. Decades of research has been condensed into this small, clear booklet, answering the questions: Is the so-called "Confederate Flag" really the flag of the Confederate States of America? (quick answer: No) Did the Northern States have slaves during the Civil War? (quick answer: Yes) Was Jefferson Davis a racist? (Quick answer: He had an adopted black son, so you decide) Were all Southern slave owners the vicious men that modern histories portray them as? (read and find out) Was the Confederate States of America a legal nation? Given the current political climate, it helps to know the facts of our nation's history, as well as the history of the Confederacy, so that we make informed decisions based on truth, and not based on lies and emotion.
Excerpt from A Short History of the Confederate States of America The vindication of the Southern States for their Ordinances of Secession in 1861 involves two considerations, namely: their rightful power to withdraw from the Union into which they had entered by voluntary compact; and the causes that justified the exercise of that power. In treating this question in its twofold aspect, the legal and the moral, it is not intended to vex the weary ear by adducing time-worn arguments; but, believing the case to be one which must be adjusted finally by historical facts, the candid reader is asked, without favor or prejudice, to make a decision on the unquestionable record. The British Colonies o...
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One of the most interesting and historical documents to emerge from the American Civil War, this account of that mighty and historical conflict was penned by none other than the leader of the Confederate States of America. Written in the first person, this work tells not only of the major events of the war-as experienced by the president of one of the warring sides-but also spells out the background, as seen by the South, of the origins of the conflict. Along the way it addresses the constitutional issues which lay at the heart of the war: slavery, states' rights, and the usurpation of the U.S. Constitution. Jefferson proves beyond question that the Confederacy was in fact adhering to the letter of the law of the U.S. Constitution. Most of the book however concentrates on the events which raged from 1861 to 1865, and the desperate attempts by the South to prepare for war against a far superior North. This new edition has been completely reset and contains hundreds of new footnotes to explain events, personalities, and issues, to the present-day reader. Illustrated.
Just a touch here and a tweak there . . . . MacKinlay Kantor, Pulitzer Prize-winning author, master storyteller, shows us how the South could have won the Civil War, how two small shifts in history (as we know it) in the summer of 1863 could have turned the tide for the Confederacy. What would have happened: to the Union, to Abraham Lincoln, to the people of the North and South, to the world? If the South Had Won the Civil War originally appeared in Look Magazine nearly half a century ago. It immediately inspired a deluge of letters and telegrams from astonished readers and became an American classic overnight. Published in book form soon after, Kantor's masterpiece has been unavailable for ...