southern states

Fleming looks at the reasons of why the Civil War was fought.

In 1832 President Andrew Jackson uprooted the Indians of the South, forced them overnight to abandon their homes and march hundreds of miles westward.

Presents Belle Boyd's 1865 memoirs of her work as a Confederate spy during Federal occupations of the Shenandoah Valley, and includes an extensive introduction that examines Boyd's life and her navigation of gender politics.

Examines, using original source documents, photographs and drawings, the experiences and points of view of former slaves during the period of Reconstruction following the Civil War.