In her book Confederate Reckoning: Power and Politics in the Civil War South, Stephanie McCurry uses petitions, letters, diaries, pamphlets, documents of local, state and federal debates and legislation, newspaper reports and court proceedings, to create a vivid account of lives, conflicts and aspirations in the Slave Nation. Sadly much of that ordeal has been omitted from history or transformed into a highly selective mythos that bolsters white nationalism, while reducing many southern individuals and communities to cartoon figures. The populace of Confederate States of America in particular witnessed great trauma during those four years of brutal conflict. Suffering, privation and death were not limited to the battlefields of the American Civil War. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 2010. Confederate Reckoning: Power and Politics in the Civil War South, by Stephanie McCurry.
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