The Confederate War The evolving historical view of the Civil War; from the "Lost Causers" to the "Lack of Will" thesis and beyond
Soldiers and War
Responding to the slander against Southern military effort
Why the South Lost
Was Northern victory inevitable?
War Effort
The South put forth a tremendous effort for independence, unlike anything seen before or since in American history. The North's war effort, by contrast, was less impressive
The Southern Press
Journalism and Southern civil liberties; contrary to what is sometimes said, freedom of the press flourished in the Confederacy -- when publishers could fine enough paper to publish
Desertion
An examination of the myth of massive Southern desertion
A Closer Look
Desertion in a Georgia regiment; a close examination of the numbers
The North Compared
Desertion in the Northern armies, a parallel study
Ella Lonn
The original study of desertion in the Civil War
Conscription
Southern conscription, so far from being a sign of failure to rally the people to the cause of independence, was the first attempt to create a modern military system
Draft of 1862
An overlooked draft in the North that was underway almost simultaneously with the first rebel conscription
Albert B. Moore
An important source for the "South against the South" thesis? What does he really say?
Maryland
The Lincoln Administration's crackdown on Maryland
Occupied Maryland
A sampling of federal documents dealing with martial law in Maryland
Maryland Peace Party
A pamphlet from the anti-government forces in Maryland
Bibliography
A listing of some of the published sources consulted
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