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In December 1930, Sir Winston Churchill, at age 56, wrote his version of what might have been, If Lee Had Not Won the Battle of Gettysburg. He started with the postulation that Lee had been successful at Gettysburg and proceeded from there. The period between the World Wars, Winston sat at his desk to write his tale of a victorious Confederate States of America. He began with the fictional postulation General Lee had indeed been successful at Gettysburg which led to Southern Independence, an unusual approach. Winston carried it through 1914 and hinted of events in the upcoming 1940s.

If we view the South as an antebellum home, Southern Fried Ramblings With Grits and All the Fixings would be the grand entrance of that stately home. The very act of approaching the home is filled with hints of greater things to come. And just like the South, both past and present, the home is filled with many rooms and very interesting people. In his latest book Mark Vogl has given us a chance to look beyond the p.c. hype of an evil wicked South and see a land of freedom, family and friends. Not only are we given a tour (in some cases a tour de force) of the foundations of real American liberty, we are given a chance to look into the heart of a people who love each other and desire only to lead their life unencumbered by big government.

What if the Southern Confederacy had won the war? That question played upon my young mind when an article in Look magazine posed it back in 1960. The question seemed far from seditious on the eve of the war's centennial, for America had not yet allowed revisionism to destroy the history of what was called the War Between the States.Many may disagree with my version of which battles were critical to the struggle for Southern independence, the form and timing of the peace agreement, and what lay in the future. It is, however, my hope this alternative history places historical events in their correct context - and my tale is entertaining.Of course, the South did not win the war, and most of what Americans think they know about that conflict has been passed down by the victors. I ask those who enter here to leave that world behind them. Consider instead that racial tensions in our present day are partly due to policies implemented after the war ended.

"The idea for this volume of essays on the South and Southern tradition and heritage came about because of requests from some respected friends and authors whose opinions and suggestions I greatly value. The forty-four items collected here cover a time frame from Spring 1983 until August 2018, a span of thirty-five years.These essays range over several subject areas -- longer essays about Southern heritage and history, pieces regarding the present assault on the symbols of that heritage, short semi-biographical items focusing on diverse figures who have played a role in Southern history (both positively and negatively), various reviews, and, finally, a couple of meditations on the Christian faith and hope that even yet nourishes millions of Southerners."

Debra Hughey, author of People of the Townhouse, The Owl and the Horseshoe and Spirit of the Red Stick Women, continues the saga of the Creek Indians. With their people devastated by battles of the Creek Wars, (many now considered today as mere massacres), land-hungry Americans, addictions to trade goods, alcohol and white customs, the Creek of Hillabee Town find the strength and the will to survive.It is a story of the downward spiral of the once proud Creek Nation, brought about not just by white encroachment, but internal strife among the factions of the Creek Confederation.Just A Cotton Field accurately depicts these trials as the Hillabee struggle to keep their native lifestyle and their family intact.

Cleveland Brown was born November 2, 1937, in Ashburn, Georgia, the only child of Jetty Brown and Arlene Brown. He was raised in Sibley, Georgia, during his early days and in Ashburn, Georgia, at the Stevens Street Projects during his Eureka High School days. As a teenager he helped his father make moonshine on the Williams farm in Sibley, Georgia, before they moved to Ashburn. As an adult, Cleveland worked in several areas in north Georgia, but later he returned to his hometown to live. To his disappointment, he found race relations in Ashburn had not changed. Cleveland presents his thoughts about today's black youth, small town law enforcement, and who should be educating the African American child, among other subjects relevant to blacks living in the deep South.This book is about Cleveland Brown's experiences as a black man living in the deep South, more particularly, Ashburn, Georgia. Ashburn, Turner County, has consistently scored in the lower one-third among the poorest counties in Georgia.

There are many stories and reminiscences about theT. Frank and Mary Ellen Scott Hicks family of Wayne County, North Carolina. These stories have been handed down and remembered by the third generation or The Hicks Cousins, as we call ourselves.Mama Ellen and Papa Frank raised eight children, five boys and three girls, in the Mount Carmel community. They were all hard-working, Christian people. The children of these eight have shared their stories and memories so future generations will have them and know a little of what went on along that little dirt road in Wayne County, North Carolina.

This little pamphlet should be in the home of every true Southerner. It tells in detail facts of history which even the people of the South have not always known. Captain Ashe backs all of his statements with a reference to the book and page. In this little pamphlet he has done a great work, one which entitles him to the gratitude of the people of the South, and their thanks for preserving the real facts of history. One of the most interesting pamphlets I have ever read.

Cleveland Brown was born November 2, 1937, in Ashburn, Georgia, the only child of Jetty Brown and Arlene Brown. He was raised in Sibley, Georgia, during his early days and in Ashburn, Georgia, at the Stevens Street Projects during his Eureka High School days. As a teenager he helped his father make moonshine on the Williams farm in Sibley, Georgia, before they moved to Ashburn. As an adult, Cleveland worked in several areas in north Georgia, but later he returned to his hometown to live. To his disappointment, he found race relations in Ashburn had not changed. Cleveland will present his thoughts about today's black youth, small town law enforcement, and who should be educating the African American child, among other subjects relevant to blacks living in the deep South. Cleveland was married to Alma LeBon Brown for 19 years. She passed away in 1997. Cleveland has two daughters, Amery Brown and Michelle Vail. He has two grandsons, Tyrese Vail and Marcus Tukes, from his daughter Michelle. Cleveland works at Ashburn's Splash Pad during the summer months and enjoys being around children. He writes often for the local newspaper, The Wiregrass Farmer, on a variety of subjects. Writing articles for the newspaper has been a great encouragement for him toward doing this book.

In the winter of 1865, the home front in the Carolinas became a war front for thousands of civilians. Most able-bodied men of military age were away from their homes fighting in the Confederate army, and their wives, children, parents, grandparents and family servants faced the onslaught of General William T. Sherman's invading, destructive army without protection. Many of these civilians left behind a record of their encounters with the enemy in the form of letters and diaries written at the time, and in memoirs and other accounts published later. The ladies who wrote about their experiences wanted future generations to know about their trials and tribulations in the spring of 1865. Their stories have been almost forgotten, but they are printed in these pages for you to read and study, and to pass on to generations yet to come. For if one generation forgets, these stories will be lost for all eternity. Let's not let this happen!

Debra Hughey, the author of People of the Townhouse, chronicles the typical Creek village prior to the decisive Battle of Horseshoe Bend in 1814, providing the reader with an intimate capsule of Creek life in the Hillabee Village of central Alabama. The Owl and the Horseshoe replaces what were considered savages by the white race with a caring, loving, thoughtful, industrious, intelligent, proud and brave race, trying to cope with changing times and the unavoidable prophecy of the owl.

This series is based on primary sources. By that I mean they are books published before "Lincoln's War" and books published going into the 1930s. Much of what you will read are quotes and narratives from these sources. At times, I will interject my thoughts but centered on what the source stated. The desired outcome for this new series is that the reader might be inspired, encouraged and become more proactive for the truths of history.When studying any branch of history, whether it be world, national, state or local, the student can easily find discrepancies in the composition, based on conflicting accounts or the interpretation of the writer. One of the best examples in this dilemma is found in the areas of biographies. Thus, we come to the man -- Abraham Lincoln.There must be a paradigm shift in the teaching of "Lincoln's War."

When it comes to the "War of Northern Aggression" or "Lincoln's War," there were those standout women from both the North, as well as from the South. Maria Isabella "Belle" Boyd was one of those women for the South or as we know it -- the Confederate States of America. Miss Belle served the Confederacy as a Confederate spy and went to great extremes to deliver information to General Stonewall Jackson. Interestingly, she began spying as a teenager at seventeen. Belle Boyd would report what she saw and heard from the Union soldiers who were stationed outside of her house. And then, she went to such extremes, as to walk and then run out onto battlefield in order to supply the Confederate Army with the information.

Stonewall Jackson was well loved and respected by many around the world. Why -- because he was a principled man. Jackson had a high regard for duty. You would hear him say, "Through life let your principal object be the discharge of duty." This was the man -- Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson. A Godly man -- a role model then -- and a role model today. We would be wise to keep in mind Jackson's favorite maxim was ... "Duty is ours; consequences are God's." Jackson had his enemies but history teaches us that Jackson was respected and admired by most. We would do well to emanate the life of Thomas Jonathan Jackson.

Spirit of the Red Stick Women is the sequel to The Owl and the Horseshoe. This story tells of the lives of the family after the Horseshoe. A great majority of Creek Warriors at the battle did not live to see the sun set on that day. What would happen to their women and children? As with The Owl and the Horseshoe, Spirit of the Red Stick Women is based on historical events, the few that are available. Many of the same characters combined with the new, create an exciting but unexpected turn of events. While the plight of the women continues to be filled with extreme hardship and grief, they will depend on the strength of the grandmothers and they will survive.

These detailed accounts of the Civil War--written by a young soldier from Duchess County, New York--bring the human experience of that war to the 21st century reader.