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The Charge to the Sons of Confederate Veterans given by Lt. General Stephen Dill Lee, CSA, Commander General of the United Confederate Veterans 1906:

"To you, Sons of Confederate Veterans, we submit the vindication of the Cause for which we fought; to your strength will be given the defense of the Confederate soldier's good name, the guardianship of his history, the emulation of his virtues, the perpetuation of those principles he loved and which made him glorious and which you also cherish. Remember it is your duty to see that the true history of the South is presented to future generations".

John K. McNeill SCV Camp #674 proudly presents:
 
A Southern View of History
 
The War for Southern Independence

 

 

"The Other Side of the Coin"

Audio version

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS: 
INTRODUCTION TO THE COURSE
PART I. THE UNION AS CREATED BY THE FOUNDING FATHERS
    A. Breaking Away from Great Britain, A Declaration of Independence
    B. The Articles of Confederation
    C. The Constitution
PART II REGIONAL DIFFERENCES
    A. Cultural Differences
    B. The Population Shift
    C. Southern Class Structure
    D. Economic Issues
    E. State's Rights
    F. John Caldwell Calhoun
    G. Independence
Part III SERVITUDE, SLAVERY, ABOLITIONISM
    A. Indentured Servitude
    B. The Slavery Issue
    C. Abolitionism
    D. Books That Inflamed Tensions
    E. John Brown
PART IV HISTORY OF SECESSION AND COMPROMISES 
    A. Early American Secession Attempts
    B. Compromise Attempts
    C. The Crittenden Compromise
    D. Final Attempts At Compromise
PART V. THE ELECTION OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN
    A. The Republican Nominee
    B. The Democratic Nominees
    C. The Constitutional Union Party Nominee
    D. The Election Outcome
    E. The Morrill Tariff Is Passed
PART VI. THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA IS FORMED
    A. The January 9, 1861 Star of the West Incident
    B. The Confederate Constitution
    C. President Jefferson Davis and his Cabinet
    D. Plot to Assassinate President Davis and Cabinet
PART VII. THE FORT SUMTER INCIDENT
    A. Lincoln Is Inaugurated
    B. Lincoln Attempts To Re-supply Fort Sumter
    C. Lincoln Declares War On The South
    D. Cadets Resign, Accusations of Treason
    E. Six More States Leave The Union
    F.  Southern Perspectives of The War 
PART VIII. FLAGS AND SYMBOLS OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA 
    A. Flags of the Confederate States of America Government
    B. Origin of The Confederate Battle Flag
    C. Parts of the Battle Flag
    D. Battle Flag Variations of the Southern Cross type
    E. Additional Confederate Military Flags
    F. Heritage Preservation Arguments Regarding Confederate Flags
PART IX. CONFEDERATE ALLIES AND NORTHERN POLITICAL INTERVENTIONS
    A. Seven Indian Nations Ally With The Confederacy
    B. The Trent Incident
    C. Lincoln Attempts To Compensate Northern Slave Owners
    D. Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation
    E. The South's Support By Black Confederates
    F. The South's Support By Hispanics
PART X. PRISONERS OF WAR
    A. Prison Camps
    B. Grant Stops Prisoner Exchange Program
    C. The United States' Use of Human Shields
PART XI. NORTHERN TYRANNY 
   A. Lincoln's Tyranny: Abuse of the US Constitution
    B. Terror in Missouri, The Jayhawkers, Red Legs, Lane, and Jennison.
    C. The Forced Enlistment and Mistreatment of Southern Blacks Into the U.S. Army
    D. General Benjamin Butler "The Beast" in Louisiana
    E. The Order To Execute Partisan Rangers
    F. Ewing’s General Orders No. 10 & 11
PART XII.  NORTHERN ATROCITIES AND WAR CRIMES  
    A. The Massacre At Palmyra, Missouri
    B. The Hanging of Sam Davis
    C. Ivan Turchin, The Robber Colonel
    A. The New Manchester and Roswell, Georgia Mills and the Roswell Women
    B. Sherman's March Through The South
    C. Sherman's Bummers
    A. Reconstruction
    B. The Southern Exodus To Brazil and Mexico
    C. The Capture Imprisonment of President Jefferson Davis
    D. The Execution of Major Henry Wirz
    A. General Robert E. Lee
    B. General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
    C. President Jefferson Davis
    D. Our (Your) Ancestors
    A. Why The Southerner Fought
    B. Why We Should Remember Them Today
    C. The Charge of the Sons of Confederate Veterans
 
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