The Creed of the Old South 18651915 Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve 9781141812059 Books
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It's a short read, but it takes you through the actual times and gives you the mindset of southerners. It will make you consider the events going on, and how they got up to 1865. You will walk away with a different prospective than what you had from high school history and college classes on the period. I should note....there are at least a dozen passages in the book....which are great pieces of writing.Product details
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The Creed of the Old South 18651915 Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve 9781141812059 Books Reviews
This book (really a pamphlet) is more than just an apologia by a defeated rebel. It is an enlightened look at the motivations behind those who fought for the Confederacy, as well as the post-war adjustments they made.
The author makes a number of statements that I find hard to accept, but does it in such a way that is thought-provoking. For example, he maintains that the average rebel soldier had deep understanding of the politics of the time, that they were not mislead into war, and that slavery was only a test of a larger principle of local autonomy and not the proximate cause of the war.
I find his discussion of this last issue to be the most interesting. I have often thought that it was a shame that states' rights were decided over something as onerous as slavery. Had slavery not been the major force behind the war, the discussion of the limits of a central government might have been decided differently. As happened, local autonomy was (and is) discredited by the South's refusal to accept any method of or time table for the elimination of human bondage. I think it would be easier to protect ourselves from over-reaching federal government had we not thrown out all aspects of states' rights.
The author also makes other thought-provoking observations. Writing during reconstruction, he argues that the nation would have been better off if the southern states had been allowed to retain their state governments intact, rather than be subject to military rule. I am sure he is right -- were it not that he ignores reconstruction and post reconstruction racism.
His is a viewpoint forged and tempered in his times. But as he points out, it is important to know not just how wars end, but how they begin.
Another proof that just because something is out of copyright does not make "historic". This is in the same genre as the diaries, letters, and so forth by Civil War participants so popular in the first decades of the twentieth century. The frequent Greek quotations make parts unreadable. For a much better example of first person history, I recommend "A Rebel War Clerk's Diary".
Good look back at history nd the "why" of many things
Avery good read of the opinion of one who was there and lived through a very difficult time for Southerners.
Phenomenal book, timeless. This should make every reader understand that the reason that the Confederate soldiers took up arms was not malevolence for any race, but patriotism and love of home.
Enjoyed the book and would read this author again.
I have been interested in the causes and ramifications of the U.S. Civil was for awhile. This book has given me a rare opportunity to hear from the side that lost the war. They say that the victors write history so when the opportunity arises to hear from the other side I like to listen.
It's a short read, but it takes you through the actual times and gives you the mindset of southerners. It will make you consider the events going on, and how they got up to 1865. You will walk away with a different prospective than what you had from high school history and college classes on the period. I should note....there are at least a dozen passages in the book....which are great pieces of writing.
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