For God Country And The Confederacy

For God, Country, and the Confederacy

Publisher : Franklin Street Books
Release Date : 2002-10
ISBN : 9780971941489
Pages : 0 pages
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Download or read book For God, Country, and the Confederacy written by Winston A. Jones and published by Franklin Street Books. This book was released on 2002-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is about the trials and tribulations of the St. Claire family during the first year of the Civil War. For the St. Claires, the year becomes a life-and-death struggle, and some will be struck down defending their beliefs.

In "God's Country"

by Dora Higbee

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Release Date : 1889
ISBN :
Pages : 243 pages
Rating Book: 4.2/5 (324 users)

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Sermons of the Confederacy 1861-1862

by Dr William Peters

Publisher : Lulu.com
Release Date : 2014-07-18
ISBN : 1312274212
Pages : 336 pages
Rating Book: 4.1/5 (312 users)

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Download or read book Sermons of the Confederacy 1861-1862 written by Dr William Peters and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014-07-18 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sermons of the Confederacy, edited by Dr. William G. Peters, is a collection of sermons by Southern ministers, bishops, priests, and a rabbi from 1861-1865. This volume covers the years 1861-1862. A second volume will cover the years 1863-1865. Several sermons are in response to calls by President Jefferson Davis for national days of prayer, and illustrates the South's commitment to Christian values, aligning one's life and nation with God's plan, and the need for divine aid and mercy. These men of God cover, in their sermons and discourses, a wide range of subjects, from the cause of the War, differences between Yankees and Southerners, Negroes and their purpose among Southerners, the life and death of Confederate heroes, service to God, military service and Christian Faith, etc. This is an excellent book for those who want to understand our Confederate ancestors, the C.S.A., and the South's Faith in God and victory in the face of implacable invasion by the United States. --

Virginia's Civil War

by Peter Wallenstein

Publisher : University of Virginia Press
Release Date : 2005
ISBN : 9780813923154
Pages : 332 pages
Rating Book: 4.2/5 (923 users)

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Download or read book Virginia's Civil War written by Peter Wallenstein and published by University of Virginia Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What did the Civil War mean to Virginia-and what did Virginia mean to the Civil War?

Twelve Months in Andersonville

by Lessel Long

Publisher : Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2015-07-17
ISBN : 9781331579526
Pages : 258 pages
Rating Book: 4.7/5 (579 users)

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Download or read book Twelve Months in Andersonville written by Lessel Long and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-17 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Twelve Months in Andersonville: On the March in the Battle in the Rebel Prison Pens, and at Last in God's Country This volume is presented to the public by its author with a thorough appreciation of its imperfections as a literary pro duction. There has been no attempt at ostentatious display of learning or boastful show of knowledge, but the volume is sim ply the plain story of a private soldier who suffered a year in the rebel prison pens of the Southern Confederacy. Originally the sketches appeared in our village paper, the andrews Ex press, under the title of Army Life. The partial judgment of friends and neighbors has encouraged us to revise and re-publish them in book form. In this, the story of his personal experience, the author has written only the truth. Horrible as was the condition of Union prisoners - terribly as they suffered - the dreadful reality can be but feebly portrayed on paper.' The grizzled veteran who wakens from his sleep, twenty years after, with the moans of starving and dying comrades ringing in his ears, whose eyes yet retain the mental picture of the utter wretchedness, hope lessness and misery of Andersonville - he alone can realize the horror upon horror of a year's confinement in the rebel-military prisons of the South. God grant that such suffering as fell to the lot of my brave comrades who died, or living, suffered the tortures of death in rebel prison pens, may never again be known in our common country. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Junius and Albert's Adventures in the Confederacy

by Peter Carlson

Publisher : Hachette UK
Release Date : 2013-05-28
ISBN : 1610391551
Pages : 288 pages
Rating Book: 4.1/5 (61 users)

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Download or read book Junius and Albert's Adventures in the Confederacy written by Peter Carlson and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2013-05-28 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Junius Browne and Albert Richardson covered the Civil War for the New York Tribune until Confederates captured them as they tried to sneak past Vicksburg on a hay barge. Shuffled from one Rebel prison to another, they escaped and trekked across the snow-covered Appalachians with the help of slaves and pro-Union bushwhackers. Their amazing, long-forgotten odyssey is one of the great escape stories in American history, packed with drama, courage, horrors and heroics, plus moments of antic comedy. On their long, strange adventure, Junius and Albert encountered an astonishing variety of American characters -- Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant, Rebel con men and Union spies, a Confederate pirate-turned-playwright, a sadistic hangman nicknamed "the Anti-Christ," a secret society called the Heroes of America, a Union guerrilla convinced that God protected him from Confederate bullets, and a mysterious teenage girl who rode to their rescue at just the right moment. Peter Carlson, author of the critically acclaimed K Blows Top, has, in Junius and Albert's Adventures in the Confederacy, written a gripping story about the lifesaving power of friendship and a surreal voyage through the bloody battlefields, dark prisons, and cold mountains of the Civil War.

Why the Confederacy Lost

by Gabor S. Boritt

Publisher : Oxford University Press
Release Date : 1993-10-07
ISBN : 0199874433
Pages : 224 pages
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Download or read book Why the Confederacy Lost written by Gabor S. Boritt and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1993-10-07 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After the Civil War, someone asked General Pickett why the Battle of Gettysburg had been lost: Was it Lee's error in taking the offensive, the tardiness of Ewell and Early, or Longstreet's hesitation in attacking? Pickett scratched his head and replied, "I've always thought the Yankees had something to do with it." This simple fact, writes James McPherson, has escaped a generation of historians who have looked to faulty morale, population, economics, and dissent as the causes of Confederate failure. These were all factors, he writes, but the Civil War was still a war--won by the Union army through key victories at key moments. With this brilliant review of how historians have explained the Southern defeat, McPherson opens a fascinating account by several leading historians of how the Union broke the Confederate rebellion. In every chapter, the military struggle takes center stage, as the authors reveal how battlefield decisions shaped the very forces that many scholars (putting the cart before the horse) claim determined the outcome of the war. Archer Jones examines the strategy of the two sides, showing how each had to match its military planning to political necessity. Lee raided north of the Potomac with one eye on European recognition and the other on Northern public opinion--but his inevitable retreats looked like failure to the Southern public. The North, however, developed a strategy of deep raids that was extremely effective because it served a valuable political as well as military purpose, shattering Southern morale by tearing up the interior. Gary Gallagher takes a hard look at the role of generals, narrowing his focus to the crucial triumvirate of Lee, Grant, and Sherman, who towered above the others. Lee's aggressiveness may have been costly, but he well knew the political impact of his spectacular victories; Grant and Sherman, meanwhile, were the first Union generals to fully harness Northern resources and carry out coordinated campaigns. Reid Mitchell shows how the Union's advantage in numbers was enhanced by a dedication and perseverance of federal troops that was not matched by the Confederates after their home front began to collapse. And Joseph Glatthaar examines black troops, whose role is entering the realm of national myth. In 1960, there appeared a collection of essays by major historians, entitled Why the North Won the Civil War, edited by David Donald; it is now in its twenty-sixth printing, having sold well over 100,000 copies. Why the Confederacy Lost provides a parallel volume, written by today's leading authorities. Provocatively argued and engagingly written, this work reminds us that the hard-won triumph of the North was far from inevitable.

REBEL YELL: History of the Confederacy, Memoirs and Biographies of the Confederate Leaders & Official Documents

by Jefferson Davis

Publisher : e-artnow
Release Date : 2017-09-03
ISBN : 8026879848
Pages : 3220 pages
Rating Book: 4.2/5 (26 users)

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Download or read book REBEL YELL: History of the Confederacy, Memoirs and Biographies of the Confederate Leaders & Official Documents written by Jefferson Davis and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2017-09-03 with total page 3220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This meticulously edited collection offers you the true accounts about the Confederate States of America, including documents that were most influential for the creation of the states and the life stories of its principal leaders and officers. "The History of the Confederate States of America" and "The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government" represent the best source for understanding the background, the creation, fight and the ultimate defeat, written by the President of the Confederate States, Jefferson Davis. The collection also includes memoirs and biographies of the Confederate Leaders: Jefferson Davis, General Robert E. Lee & Heros von Borcke. Finally, this collection is enriched with the most pivotal documents of the Confederate States. Contents: History of the Confederate States of America The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government Memoirs & Biographies: Jefferson Davis by Frank H. Alfriend Robert E. Lee by John Esten Cooke Memoirs of Heros von Borcke Official Documents of the Confederate States: Constitution of the Provisional Government of the Confederate States of America Constitution of the Confederate States of America The Address of the People of South Carolina assembled in Convention, to the People of the Slaveholding States of the United States South Carolina Ordinance of Secession Declaration of the Immediate Causes Which Induce and Justify the Secession of South Carolina from the Federal Union Mississippi Ordinance of Secession Florida Ordinance of Secession Alabama Ordinance of Secession Georgia Ordinance of Secession Louisiana Ordinance of Secession Texas Ordinance of Secession Arizona Territory Ordinance of Secession Virginia Ordinance of Secession Arkansas Ordinance of Secession North Carolina Ordinance of Secession Tennessee Ordinance of Secession Missouri Ordinance of Secession Kentucky Ordinance of Secession Dix-Hill Cartel Robert E. Lee's Letter Announcing Surrender ...

Neo-Confederacy

by Euan Hague

Publisher : University of Texas Press
Release Date : 2008-12-01
ISBN : 0292718373
Pages : 355 pages
Rating Book: 4.9/5 (292 users)

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Download or read book Neo-Confederacy written by Euan Hague and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2008-12-01 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A century and a half after the conclusion of the Civil War, the legacy of the Confederate States of America continues to influence national politics in profound ways. Drawing on magazines such as Southern Partisan and publications from the secessionist organization League of the South, as well as DixieNet and additional newsletters and websites, Neo-Confederacy probes the veneer of this movement to reveal goals far more extensive than a mere celebration of ancestry. Incorporating groundbreaking essays on the Neo-Confederacy movement, this eye-opening work encompasses such topics as literature and music; the ethnic and cultural claims of white, Anglo-Celtic southerners; gender and sexuality; the origins and development of the movement and its tenets; and ultimately its nationalization into a far-reaching factor in reactionary conservative politics. The first book-length study of this powerful sociological phenomenon, Neo-Confederacy raises crucial questions about the mainstreaming of an ideology that, founded on notions of white supremacy, has made curiously strong inroads throughout the realms of sexist, homophobic, anti-immigrant, and often "orthodox" Christian populations that would otherwise have no affiliation with the regionality or heritage traditionally associated with Confederate history.

God's Country

by Ralph Barton

Publisher :
Release Date : 1929
ISBN :
Pages : 360 pages
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The United Daughters of the Confederacy Magazine

by United Daughters of the Confederacy

Publisher :
Release Date : 2000
ISBN :
Pages : 484 pages
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Download or read book The United Daughters of the Confederacy Magazine written by United Daughters of the Confederacy and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Rebuilding Zion

by Daniel W. Stowell

Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2001
ISBN : 0195149815
Pages : 289 pages
Rating Book: 4.9/5 (195 users)

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Download or read book Rebuilding Zion written by Daniel W. Stowell and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2001 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Both the North and the South viewed the Civil War in Christian terms. Each side believed that its fight was just, that God favored its cause. Rebuilding Zion is the first study to explore simultaneously the reaction of southern white evangelicals, northern white evangelicals, and Christian freedpeople to Confederate defeat. As white southerners struggled to assure themselves that the collapse of the Confederacy was not an indication of God's stern judgment, white northerners and freedpeople were certain that it was. Author Daniel W. Stowell tells the story of the religious reconstruction of the South following the war, a bitter contest between southern and northern evangelicals, at the heart of which was the fate of the freedpeople's souls and the southern effort to maintain a sense of sectional identity. Central to the southern churches' vision of the Civil War was the idea that God had not abandoned the South; defeat was a Father's stern chastisement. Secession and slavery had not been sinful; rather, it was the radicalism of the northern denominations that threatened the purity of the Gospel. Northern evangelicals, armed with a vastly different vision of the meaning of the war and their call to Christian duty, entered the post-war South intending to save white southerner and ex-slave alike. The freedpeople, however, drew their own providential meaning from the war and its outcome. The goal for blacks in the postwar period was to establish churches for themselves separate from the control of their former masters. Stowell plots the conflicts that resulted from these competing visions of the religious reconstruction of the South. By demonstrating how the southern vision eventually came to predominate over, but not eradicate, the northern and freedpeople's visions for the religious life of the South, he shows how the southern churches became one of the principal bulwarks of the New South, a region marked by intense piety and intense racism throughout the twentieth century.

Confederate Veteran

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Release Date : 1893
ISBN :
Pages : pages
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The Confederates of Chappell Hill, Texas

by Stephen Chicoine

Publisher : McFarland
Release Date : 2010-07-27
ISBN : 0786483229
Pages : 268 pages
Rating Book: 4.8/5 (786 users)

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Download or read book The Confederates of Chappell Hill, Texas written by Stephen Chicoine and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2010-07-27 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Texas was the South’s frontier in the antebellum period. The vast new state represented the hope and future of many Southern cotton planters. As a result, Texas changed tremendously during the 1850s as increasing numbers of Southern planters moved westward to settle. Planters brought with them large numbers of slaves to plant, cultivate and pick the valuable cash crop; by 1860, slaves made up 30 percent of the total Texas population. No state in the South grew nearly as fast as Texas during this decade, and as the booming economy for cotton led the economic development, the state became increasingly embroiled in the national debate about whether slavery should exist within a democratic republic dedicated to the freedom and independence of man. This work is centered on the role played by the town of Chappell Hill during this portion of Texas history. It offers details about the area’s pre-war prosperity as a center of wealth, influence and aristocracy and describes the angry fervor of the period leading up to the war. Men of this small town played a role in many of the major campaigns and battles of the war, and their motivations for enlisting and their tales of duty are included here. Through excerpts from their correspondence and journals, the book emphasizes personal experiences of the soldiers. Post-war adventures are also offered as the author explores Texas resistance to Federal occupation, the town’s yellow fever epidemic and a period of reconciliation as aging veterans gather at Blue-Gray reunions to reunite the nation.

African American Literature

by Alma Dawson

Publisher : Greenwood
Release Date : 2004
ISBN :
Pages : 504 pages
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Download or read book African American Literature written by Alma Dawson and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 2004 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Will guide readers to works central to the compelling African American experience that match specific reading interests. A brief history of the evolution of African American literature, collection development guidelines, and readers' advisory tips complete this resource.

The Making of a Confederate

by William L. Barney

Publisher : Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2007-11-14
ISBN : 0199886180
Pages : 272 pages
Rating Book: 4.9/5 (199 users)

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Download or read book The Making of a Confederate written by William L. Barney and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2007-11-14 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite the advances of the civil rights movement, many white southerners cling to the faded glory of a romanticized Confederate past. In The Making of a Confederate, William L. Barney focuses on the life of one man, Walter Lenoir of North Carolina, to examine the origins of southern white identity alongside its myriad ambiguities and complexities. Born into a wealthy slaveholding family, Lenoir abhorred the institution, opposed secession, and planned to leave his family to move to Minnesota, in the free North. But when the war erupted in 1860, Lenoir found another escape route--he joined the Confederate army, an experience that would radically transform his ideals. After the war, Lenoir, like many others, embraced the cult of the Lost Cause, refashioning his memory and beliefs in an attempt to make sense of the war, its causes, and its consequences. While some Southerners sank into depression, aligned with the victors, or fiercely opposed the new order, Lenoir withdrew to his acreage in the North Carolina mountains. There, he pursued his own vision of the South's future, one that called for greater self-sufficiency and a more efficient use of the land. For Lenoir and many fellow Confederates, the war never really ended. As he tells this compelling story, Barney offers new insights into the ways that (selective) memory informs history; through Lenoir's life, readers learn how individual choices can transform abstract historical processes into concrete actions.

Sermons of the Confederacy 1863-1865

by Dr. William Peters

Publisher : Lulu.com
Release Date : 2014-07-18
ISBN : 1312307064
Pages : 373 pages
Rating Book: 4.1/5 (312 users)

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Download or read book Sermons of the Confederacy 1863-1865 written by Dr. William Peters and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014-07-18 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sermons of the Confederacy 1863-65, edited by Dr. William G. Peters, is a collection of sermons by Southern ministers, bishops, priests, and a rabbi. This volume covers the years 1863-1865. Several sermons are in response to calls by President Jefferson Davis for national days of prayer, and illustrates the South's commitment to Christian values, aligning one's life and nation with God's plan, and the need for divine aid and mercy. These men of God cover, in their sermons and discourses, a wide range of subjects, from the cause of the War, differences between Yankees and Southerners, Negroes and their purpose among Southerners, the life and death of Confederate heroes, service to God, military service and Christian Faith, etc. This is an excellent book for those who want to understand our Confederate ancestors, the C.S.A., and the South's Faith in God and victory in the face of implacable invasion by Federal forces.