Harpers Ferry describes the endurance of a town split on the issue of secession, torn by the ravages of war, and constantly at the mercy of two of the nation's most unruly rivers. From its humble beginnings as the site of Robert Harper's ferry business, to today's national historical park, author Ray Jones recounts the many tales of Harpers Ferry.

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This heavily illustrated volume of work takes an in-depth look at the people in whose hearts the Southern flag still waved long after the hope of victory was extinguished. In addition to the story of the siege of Vicksburg, the book describes the military actions that took place in that region in 1861 and 1862, as well as the military occupation that began after the surrender, both of which have been overlooked and practically ignored by historians until now.

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Ronald Reagan, the fortieth president of the United States, was often referred to as "the Great Communicator." His belief in objective value and unalterable truths belies a common sense approach to life and government that was very much appreciated during his lifetime. This compilation of Reagan's words offers a quick glimpse into his philosophy. His expressions of hope and promise cover a variety of subjects, including pop culture, politics, and humor.

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Here is the story of the Confederate Ninth Tennessee Infantry, known as the "Southern Confederates," one of the most well-educated, zealously religious, and unbelievably gallant groups of men to engage in the American Civil War. Using the soldiers' actual letters, memoirs, war records, and obituaries, James R. Fleming documents this immortal "band of brothers," which included five of his own ancestors, as they endure the privations of life on the western front. This valuable historical and genealogical resource also includes discussions of the battles at Columbus, Perryville, and Atlanta, as well as the regiment's Order of Battle and each soldier's service record.

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Here, for the first time, Paul D. Walker reveals Robert E. Lee's true plan for victory at Gettysburg: a simultaneous strike against the Union center from the front and rear--Pickett's infantry to charge the front, while Stuart's cavalry struck the rear. The frontal assault by Pickett went off as scheduled, but as Stuart's forces approached from the rear, they encountered a Union cavalry contingent. As the forces joined, the Union cavalry leader was quickly killed, and command fell to one of the most dynamic figures in American history--George Armstrong Custer.

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The Fifty-ninth Alabama Volunteer Regiment, led by the New york-born Brig. Gen. Archibald Gracie, Jr., saw heavy action at Beans Station, Tennessee, and in Virginia at the battles of Richmond and Petersburg. It was one of the few confederate regiments that lost more men to the musket than to disease during the Civil War. Quoting from authentic letters, the author describes the regiment's odyssey from its origins as Hilliard's Alabama Legion to its final days as part of the Army of Northern Virginia. Complete muster rolls are included.

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"Lee Surrenders!" "President Murdered!" "Booth Killed!" screamed the headlines of American newspapers in April 1865, leaving little room for mention of a maritime disaster that to this day is America's worst. On April 27, 1865, the Sultana, a 260-foot, wooden-hulled steamboat-smaller than the Titanic but carrying more passengers-exploded on the Mississippi River near Memphis, Tennessee.

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Andersonville is remembered for several reasons, among them, the total of 12,912 Union prisoners and 250 Confederate guards who died there between February, 1864 and April, 1865. No other American POW camp received as much publicity as Andersonville, with the U.S. Department of War even circulating photographs of emaciated prisoners, which were reprinted in history texts. Seldom did there appear a mention of the fact that Union soldiers imprisoned there received the same medical care and rations as Confederate soldiers in the field.

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In Charlestonians in War: The Charleston Battalion, Chris Phelps has crafted an excellent study of this noteworthy Confederate military organization. Making extensive use of primary sources, he has deftly balanced operational details with social background and created a unit history that would be of interest to scholars and general readers.

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More than a biography, CIA SpyMaster is a glimpse into the mind of an espionage genius, a rare view of what it takes to "live in the black" for years at a time under a fictitious identity, torn from friends and family. It's a behind-the-scenes look at spycraft in action, from dead drops and cutoffs to multilayered ciphers, the KGB's secret "spydust," and everything in between.

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The story of Hattie Marshall, a young girl from the Texas countryside, who is thrust into the dangerous tests of frontier life, and grows from a selfish girl to a selfless young lady as she meets the challenges that she and her family meet.

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During the Civil War, the western front was the scene of some of that conflict's bloodiest and most barbaric encounters as Union raiders and Confederate guerrillas pursued each other from farm to farm with equal disregard for civilian casualties. Historical accounts of these events overwhelmingly favor the victorious Union standpoint, characterizing the Southern fighters as wanton, unprincipled savages. But in fact, as the author, himself a descendant of Union soldiers, discovered, the bushwhackers' violent reactions were understandable, given the reign of terror they endured as a result of Lincoln's total war in the West.

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When her neighbor handed her the stack of yellowed letters that had been rescued from an Atlanta, Georgia, pile of trash, author Roberson had no idea she was about to embark on a fact-finding mission through six states from War battlegrounds in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia to Gwinnett County in north Georgia. The author of these letters was a young man named Eli Pinson Landers, a Confederate soldier.

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It is no secret that history is written by the victors. Because of this, many people believe that the War of Northern Agression was started by the Southern states over the issue of slavery and secession. However, in this informative history, author Gary C. Walker writes a convincing argument that goes against traditional teachings.

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In this biographical account of Farrow, Dr. John Chandler Griffin begins by introducing us to the people and events that framed his formative years. A solid Christian upbringing anchored Farrow, enabling him to aspire higher despite challenges and hard knocks.

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Senator Jim Lane, is one of the most controversial figures in the history of the war in the West. From a Southern perspective, Lane ranks somewhere between a horse thief and a demon. Listen to this interesting interview with author Robert Collins who took on the task of chronicling the life of the "Grim Chieftain."

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Malnutrition and vitamin deficiencies took a terrible toll, and the officers, who were denied medical care, slowly starved during the hard winter months. After a rumor that Yankee soldiers were shot by their own army, the Union deliberately placed fifty Confederate prisoners in a stockade at Charleston Harbor. Forced under the artillery fire of their own comrades, these Southern heroes suffered mercilessly and unjustly in Northern hands. The last of the surviving six hundred Confederate officers were not released until several months after the end of the War.

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Until now, no biography of this important figure has existed. With Douglas Southall Freeman,first-time author David E. Johnson brings the man and his achievements to light.

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The war was all the more difficult in the West, because they had a unique problem: defending themselves from hostile Native Americans and Mexican bandits while also fighting the Federal forces. Many skirmishes were fought against those enemies.

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Mister Pink, a 94-year-old black man, still tends the farm his family has worked on as servants since the 1800s. It is the "old, inexorable tug of the land" that keeps him there, although his wife died three years ago, and his children have long since moved to distant cities. He shares his deep knowledge of farming and respect for the natural rhythm of the seasons with his appreciative young neighbor, 27-year-old Trig Tinsley, as the two skin rabbits for dinner and try to keep the deer away from the okra patch. When old Pink dies, Trig feels his loss as much as Pink's children do and begins to see that there are not too many left who value the hard work and serenity of life on the farm.

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Gen. Joseph Orville Shelby’s involvement in the Civil War began when he raised a cavalry company for Southern service after refusing a commission in the Federal army. Shelby’s company of Rangers became known as the most disciplined company in the pro-Confederate Missouri State Guard.

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Serving as a perfect companion to his first compilation, Robert E. Lee’s Lighter Side, this collection includes letters, diary excerpts, and touching stories from Lee himself, as well as his wife, children, students, and strangers who recorded his acts of kindness. This is not a book about Lee’s sentimentality or weakness, but serves instead to offer surprising glimpses at his more merciful side.

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In colonial America, everyone knew the meaning of the terms “establishment” and “established church”: an official, monopolistic governmental religion. The colonists also well knew the various negative attributes associated with the “established church,” especially compelled financial support and attendance. Every colonial state, except Pennsylvania and Rhode Island, had an established church at one time. Before the revolution, some states had disestablished their churches.

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Dr. Griffin contends that Lincoln was not assassinated—he was ordered executed by fellow politicians and military leaders because he wanted to welcome the Southern states back into the Union with their full constitutional rights restored. Threatened by this and other possibilities of clemency for the South, Vice-Pres. Andrew Johnson, Secretary of War Edwin Stanton, and the U.S. chief of the National Detective Police, Lafayette Baker, took action to ensure that this would not occur.

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In this watershed book, John Remington Graham, experienced trial lawyer and author of A Constitutional History of Secession, describes the origins of the Federal Reserve and how the divisive antagonisms between North and South were deliberately agitated by great international banking houses. After demonstrating how these private interests succeeded in setting up a huge financial empire centered on Wall Street, Graham calls for reform of the central banking apparatus of the United States and the national debt associated with it.

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This account of some of the conflicts between American Indians and whites from 1861-1865 depicts the struggles among disenfranchised native peoples on the frontier and expansion of a predominantly white culture into the West. While whites fought whites from the Atlantic seaboard to the prairies of Kansas, great nations in Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Montana, the Dakotas, Colorado, Nebraska, Kansas, Texas, Missouri, and Minnesota struck back at the incursion of white intruders.

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The warring ideas of centralization and decentralization are at the core of modern political debates about the national economy, U.S. foreign policy, and citizens’ cultural values—just as they were among our Founding Fathers. In this controversial and thorough study, Professor Marshall DeRosa explains how the Confederate constitution carried decentralization even further than the original Constitution and added a number of safeguards against government, features which he argues would benefit Americans today.

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DixieBroadcasting was privileged to conduct an historic interview with Dr. Milburn Calhoun, who is the president, publisher, and co-owner of Pelican Publishing. Dr. Calhoun is a retired physician who rescued the historic Pelican Publishing in 1970 and has turned it into the premiere Southern-based publishing house in America today. This interview features little-known information about the story of Pelican Publishing from it's early beginnings in 1926, when it was formed to provide a truly "Southern" publishing house -- something which was virtually non-existent after the destruction from the War for Southern Independence and Reconstruction. Today, Dr. Calhoun has restored the vision of the original founder of the company and Pelican routinely produces a great number of pro-Southern titles on Southern history, heritage, culture, and more.

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