Stories of the confederacy

Stories of the confederacy by U. R. Brooks Download PDF EPUB FB2

Foreword by Douglas Southall Freeman "A moving and powerful story, written by a Tennessean; written from the Southern stand-point, of course, but without a trace of bigotry his choice of selections in that long battle-scarred record is felicitous and beyond reproach."--C.

Thompson, New York Times "Henry's Story of the Confederacy is a remarkably clear, Cited by: 9. "The history of the Civil War is the stories of its soldiers," writes Ronald S. Coddington in the preface to Faces of the book tells the stories of seventy-seven Southern soldiers―young farm boys, wealthy plantation owners, intellectual elites, uneducated poor―who posed for photographic portraits, cartes de visite, to leave with family, /5(10).

This book is way too biased towards the Confederacy--at one point the author praises the antebellum South as a model of ideal race relations, which made me choke a little when I read it--but in technical terms it is well-written, and it presents a good, thorough account of the war/5.

THE STORY OF THE CONFEDERACY BY ROBERT SELPH HENRY FIRST EDITION THIS BOOK IS IN NEAR FINE CONDITION Original, Sharp, Solidly Bound, Antique Book Contains Illustrations, Photographs and Maps; Maps also Printed on End Pages; Fully Indexed Comprehensive Synoptic Table of Events of the War Between the States PUBLISHED BY Seller Rating: % positive.

Books shelved as confederate: Blood & Iron by Harry Turtledove, Clouds of Glory: The Life and Legend of Robert E. Lee by Michael Korda, Doctors in Gray. The Confederate States of America was a collection of 11 states that seceded from the United States in following the election of President Abraham Lincoln.

A new book uncovers the history of “body servants,” neo-Confederate propaganda, and one of the internet’s favorite racist : Rebecca Onion.

We, the Sons of Confederate Veterans, having been commissioned by the Confederate Veterans themselves, retain our responsibility and right to adhere to the founding principles of the United States of America remembering the bravery, defending the honor and protecting the memory of our beloved Confederate Veterans, which includes their memorials, images.

White women were instrumental in raising funds to build these Confederate monuments. The United Daughters of the Confederacy, founded in the s, was probably the most important and influential.

Scenarios. The South wins the Civil War, and slavery still exists as of the present time of the story. Examples include the mockumentary C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America, the United States is annexed by the Confederate States and slavery continues until the present, including a depiction of "an electronic slave auction" carried on via the internet.

The United Confederate Veterans (UCV) issued a report in defining the square ANV pattern flag as the Confederate battle flag, effectively writing out of the historical record the wide variety of battle flags under which Confederate soldiers had served.

The efforts of the UCV and the United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC) to promote that. The Confederate privateers is a book of action and adventure filled with stories of the Confederacy's privately armed ships and their sea battles with the Union.

Called 'pirates' by the North, the South preferred to call them 'gentlemen adventurers', justly boasting of their exploits. Using Naval War records and other archives, the author provides readers with an authentic.

Sketches of Hampton's cavalry, 'The Third South Carolina CavalryRecord of Hart's battery from its organization to the end of the warSketch of Bachman's batteryAmbrosio Jose GonzalesStory of Brooke's battalionReport of the committee appointed to collect testimony in relation to the destruction of Columbia, S.

C., on the 17th of Pages: The Story of a Confederate Boy in the Civil War. By David E. Johnston of the 7th Virginia Infantry Regiment Author of "Middle New River Settlements" With Introduction by Rev. Cline, D. A Methodist Minister and Chaplain of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion, U.

As Moore knew, they’re also sustained in the stories people tell their children. And although language has softened since her day, you can still find books. Enslaved workers constituted the backbone of the Confederate war effort.

Although stories of these impressed workers and camp slaves have been erased from and various memoranda books plus $   The United Daughters of the Confederacy altered the South’s memory of the Civil War. By Coleman Lowndespm EDT Share this story. 2 days ago  Inthe Natchez Confederate Pageant, “bending a little to the changing winds of public opinion,” Grant writes, was renamed the Historic Natchez Tableaux, but the content remained largely.

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The Confederate armies included in their ranks a remarkable range of nationalities--among them Germans, Irish, Italians, French, Poles, Mexicans, Cubans, Hungarians, Russians, Swedes, Danes, and Chinese. Covering the complete story of the activities of th1/5(1).

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Our inventory of reprints of rare Confederate books and Southern history books is one of the largest on the Internet. We hope you enjoy your visit!The Story of the Confederate States is refreshingly different.

Written at the close of the nineteenth century with young people in mind, Joseph Derry’s Story of the Confederate States is a fast-moving account spanning from the Colonial period through Reconstruction.Genre/Form: Anecdotes History: Additional Physical Format: Online version: Brooks, U. R.

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