Confederacy

<p><span class="deck"> <span class="typestyle"> On the eve of the Civil War differing loyalties sent some West Pointers north, others south, but their academy friendship survived the conflict.</span> </span></p>

<p><span class="deck"> <span class="typestyle"> A choice between life and honor is a fearful one for any man. Here is the unforgettable story of how it was made by a twenty-one-year-old Confederate private.</span> </span></p>

<p><span class="deck"> Captain Semmes was spoiling for a fight—and Winslow of the U.S.S. <span class="typestyle"> Kearsarge</span> was waiting for him, just off Cherbourg </span></p>

<p><span class="deck"> Branded a traitor by the government he once served, John C. Breckinridge ran a perilous race for freedom rather than risk capture by the North</span> </p>

<p><span class="deck"> PRESIDENT LINCOLN MOVES AT LAST<br />
Influence of “Advanced Republicans” Seen as Crucial to the Outcome<br />
THE UNION UNITED STILL<br />
THE PRESIDENT’S TACT &amp; COURAGE<br />
HE WAITED ON THE PROPER HOUR<br />
JUBILATION AMONG THE BLACKS<br />
They Stand Ready to Defend With Arms the Rights Thus Gained<br />
NEW LIGHT SHED ON THE PARTICULARS OF THE GREAT DRAMA </span></p>

<p><span class="deck"> AN INTERVIEW WITH C. VANN WOODWARD</span> </p>

<p><span class="deck">The more fiercely the Confederacy fought for its independence, the more bitterly divided it became. To fully understand the vast changes which the war unleashed on the country, you must first understand the plight of the Southerners who <span class="typestyle"> didn’t</span> want secession. </span></p>

<p><span class="deck">At war’s outbreak, a frightened commander was ready to give away the Union’s greatest navy yard.</span></p>

<p><span class="deck">How to know the unknowable man</span></p>

<p><span class="deck">Drawn to the story of the fearsome Confederate raider by a modern act of violence, the author finds a strange epic in the rebel’s restless remains.</span></p>

<p><span class="deck"><span class="typestyle">5000 miles below Mason-Dixon line, a Brazilian community celebrates its ties to antebellum America.</span></span></p>

<p><span class="deck">From Richmond to Appomattox Court House, roads unchanged for 140 years tell the story of the final days and the final hours of the Confederacy.</span></p>

<p><span class="deck">A Lee descendant finds two long-lost trunks full of family memorabilia in a Virginia bank vault.</span></p>

<p><span class="deck">New research shows that Lee's momentous decision to fight for the South was far from inevitable.</span></p>

<p><span class="deck"> A southern writer analyzes the handicaps unwittingly laid on the general by President Davis</span> </p>

<p>South Carolina severed ties with the Union not out of concern for states' rights but because of slavery</p>

<p>A story that the Confederate president donned a petticoat to evade capture emerged right after Union cavalrymen apprehended him in Georgia at war’s end. Is it true?</p>

<p>In one momentous decision, Robert E. Lee spared the United States years of divisive violence.</p>

<p>The highly lucrative cotton crop of 1860 emboldened the South to challenge the economic powerhouse of the North</p>