Story of the Confederate States; Or, History of the War for Southern Independence

By Joseph T. Derry and Joseph Tyrone Derry

Book Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0405122950
• ISBN13: 9780405122958
• Release Date: January 1979
• Publisher: Ayer Co Pub
• Length: 453 Pages
• Weight: 1.88 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Great Civil War History from a Southern Perspective

The author begins with the formation of the United States and the constitutional principles that made this country different from all other countries in world history. He proceeds to cover the political developments in the North and South that led to irreconcilable differences between the different regions. Many of the facts in this account were new to me despite having read extensively about history and having taught courses at the University level in the World Civilization and US History. Plain facts and figures untainted by revisionist historians, i.e. who fought where with how many soldiers engaged on which side and the outcome of the battle. After reading this book it is absolutely amazing that the Southern armies resisted defeat for as long as they did with so little to keep them going. Whether you agree with the politics of secession or not, you cannot read this book without developing a deep and abiding respect for the southern soldiers from the rank of General to private who pressed on despite overwhelming hardship. It also points out to the astute reader the fatal flaws in the southern political, economic, diplomatic, and military approach to the conflict.