Two different theories were held by Northern authorities regarding the political status of the Southern States in the 1860s. The first, expressed by Abraham Lincoln in his presidential addresses, was that the secession ordinances of these States were null and void, and that each of them remained a State within the Union, albeit in a condition of insurrection. The opposing theory, held by Thaddeus Stevens, Charles Sumner, and the other Radicals in Congress, was that the Southern States had indeed seceded from the Union and therefore constituted foreign powers subject to conquest by the U.S. Government. Whereas the war between North and South was waged for four years on the assumption that Lincoln's theory was correct, the legislation of the Reconstruction period rested completely on the assumption that the Radical theory was correct. Reconstruction was therefore an open repudiation of the alleged purpose of the war and a complete break with the former constitutional Union.

The entire American political system today is founded on the Radical theory of conquest and therefore cannot be republican in nature. R.L. Dabney stated, "[T]he war of 1861-5 substituted a government of brute force for one of right and popular consent.... [F]orce... settles no question of morals, and grounds no claim of right.... [T]he domination of the Washington government has therefore always been illegal and invalid ever since the fraudulent 'reconstruction,' which any section has a right to reject, whenever strong enough to do so." What is needed today is an awakening of the people to what has been done to their country, and their united demand that constitutional government be restored, first in the several States, and then in Washington, D.C. A.H. Stephens predicted, "There will come a time when the cry will ring out across this land, 'The cause of the South is the cause of us all!'" That time has now come.

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This is an accurate eyewitness account of events in occupied New Orleans written by a true unreconstructed lady of the South. The author paints a very unflattering picture of General Benjamin Butler and shows how he earned his nickname of "The Beast."

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Written shortly after the War Between the States came to an end, this authoritative volume includes biographies of such noted Confederate Generals as Robert Edward Lee, Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson, James Longstreet, J.E.B. Stuart, Wade Hampton, and many others.

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This book is a compilation of speeches made by the author before camps and chapters of the United Confederate Veterans and the United Daughters of the Confederacy. In a very readable style, he discusses the rightfulness of secession, the origin and conduct of its cause, the character and motives of those who espoused and defended it, as well as of those who forced them into war.

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A Southern Girl in '61 is a book written in the early 1900s by a lady who devoted her life and energies to the honor and defense of the Southland. This book is a compilation of her memories combined with excerpts from letters between family members and correspondences with officials of the Confederacy. The book chronicles the family's involvement in the last two years of the original United States of America and all four years of the Confederate States of America. Within the lines of Mrs. Wright's memories you will find an obvious closeness between the family members even as they were separated by the hardships of the war years, and you will find a faith in and love for the South that cannot be doubted.

Mrs. D. Giraud Wright was born Louise Sophie Wigfall in December of 1846 and was a true "daughter of the South." Her parents were native South Carolinians who were in the process of relocating to Texas at the time of her birth. Her father, Louis Trezevant Wigfall, was briefly a member of the Texas Legislature, was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1860 and stayed there until Texas seceded from the Union using every opportunity to serve as "eyes and ears" for his beloved South. He then served the Confederacy both as a military officer and as a Senator. Her mother, Charlotte Maria Cross Wigfall, was also a devoted child of the South with a rich heritage from her Charlestonian family.

Louise was the middle child of three living children in the Wigfall family, two sons having died in their first year of life. The oldest child was Francis "Halsey" Wigfall, born in 1844, who was actively involved in all four years of the War Between the States. The youngest child was another daughter, Mary Frances (Fanny) Wigfall, a child of eight at the onset of the war. "Fanny" was also, I am proud to say, my Great-Grandmother. continue reading...

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