Presents a children's survey of famous Confederate generals and leaders of the South including Robert E. Lee, Jefferson Davis, Thomas J. Jackson, and Jeb Stuart and explores the southern perspective of States' Rights and secession.
Provides excerpts from letters, books, newspaper articles, speeches, and diary entries which express various views of Southern Americans toward slavery and the Civil War.
Presents a history of the Civil War, focusing on the experiences of the soldiers and sailors who fought for the Confederacy and the Union, and features reproductions of actual letters written by enlisted men to friends and family members.
Presents a brief biography of Robert E. Lee, focusing on his military career and his role as commander of the Confederate troops during the Civil War, and includes illustrations, sidebars, maps, and profiles of other military leaders.
Re-creates the day-to-day lives of the soldiers who fought and died for both the Union and Confederacy by using diaries, letters, drawings, and paintings of the men who were there.