confederate states of america

Explores the life and military career of Robert E. Lee, who led the Army of Northern Virginia during the Civil War and later became one of history's most beloved individuals.

Discusses the situation of white women in slave-holding families during the Civil War, showing how they responded to their new responsibilities as heads of households, loss of prosperity, and a changing society.

An account of the Civil War as seen through the domestic experiences of Southern women, looking at what was happening in homes, hospitals, churches, and prisons, and including scenes from the battlefields and on shipboard.

A brief overview of the events leading up to the secession of states from the Union and the beginning of the Civil War.

Discusses the division within the Confederacy between citizens in the Southern states who opposed secession and those who supported it, including the white poor, Southern Native Americans, and Southern free blacks.

Contains letters, journals, and government documents that provide a Confederate perspective on life during the Civil War.

Profiles General Robert E. Lee, discussing his roles as an army engineer, soldier in the Mexican War, and superintendant at West Point prior to the Civil War, and service as a college president afterwards.

Profiles Jefferson Davis, who proved himself as a soldier in the Mexican War but had mixed success and failure as president of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War.

In this history of the Civil War, Bruce Levine tells the story of how that conflict upended the economic, political, and social life of the old South, utterly destroying the Confederacy and the society it represented and defended.

Inflamed passions on both sides of the slavery debate inspired fervent rhetoric, much of which is reflected in the primary source documents interspersed with the text in this thought-provoking volume, which chronicles the events of the American Civil War and the Reconstruction period that followed.