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By Subject > Civil War Books > Confederacy and the Old South History isn't always written by the victors. In language plain and refined, these memoirs and biographical vignettes portray the Southern point of view. Photo surveys offer spectacular vistas of Dixie's home front.
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| Products in Confederacy and the Old South |  |  |  | Confederate Lives: Soldiers and Statesmen by Gamaliel Bradford A distinguished historian offers portraits of 8 key figures — Johnston, Stuart, Longstreet, Beauregard, Semmes, Benjamin, Toombs, and Stephens — concluding with a survey of the Confederacy's "high water mark" at Gettysburg.
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|  | The Confederate Reader: How the South Saw the War by Richard B. Harwell Carefully chosen and annotated selection of contemporary battle reports, general orders, letters, articles, sermons, songs, travel observations, much more. Wonderful self-portrait of the Confederacy. Illustrated.
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|  | Plantation Houses and Mansions of the Old South by J. Frazer Smith Rich survey ranges from pioneer cabins to French Provincial and Neoclassic revivals. Extensive commentary on each building, with over 100 detailed illustrations, including 36 floor plans. Bibliography.
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|  | Plantations of the Carolina Low Country by Samuel Gaillard Stoney Classic photo-and-text survey of extant plantation homes, churches and chapels built between 1686 and 1878 along South Carolina coastal plain. Detailed photographs, fascinating history, distinguishing characteristics of 55 different structures.
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