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An Analysis of President Lincoln's Legal Arguments Against Secession - Delves into the resulting change in thinking of political leaders and how the constitution is interpreted because of actions taken before and during the conflict.
apollo3.com/~jameso/secession.html
Brief History of the Ku Klux Klan - Focused on the history of the use of the Confederate flag as a symbol and reasons the two should not be associated.
www.pointsouth.com/csanet/kkk.htm
Causes of the Civil War - An archive of informative period documents on the secession and causes for the war.
members.aol.com/jfepperson/causes.html
Chronology of the Secession Crisis - Short timeline from January 1860 until shots were fired on Fort Sumter. Includes texts of speeches and resolutions during this period.
members.aol.com/jfepperson/secesh.html
Declarations of the Causes of Secession of the Southern States - Extended text defining reasons Georgia seceded from the Union.
www.crownrights.com/caesar/declarations_of_secession.htm
Documenting the American South - Details the rise of Southern secessionism using first-hand written accounts, literature and narratives from the time period.
docsouth.unc.edu
Genesis of the Civil War - Deals primarily with the issues leading to the War, from a Southerner's perspective.
www.tysknews.com/Depts/Constitution_Issues/genesis_civil_war.htm
In the Land of Cotton: A Yankee-Born Confederate Examines the "Lost Cause" - Examines the issue of slavery and how misconceptions about Lincoln and slavery have clouded Americans view of the South.
www.georgiacsa.com/atlanta/Read1.htm
John Bachman Letter to Henry Summer - Written in 1851, the letter outlines some of the concerns of Southerners after the compromise of 1850 that eventually led to secession.
www.sc.edu/library/socar/uscs/1996/bach96.htm
Letters of the Cochran Family, 1860-61 - Series of letters detailing views of reasons for the South's secession and current events of the time.
jefferson.village.virginia.edu/vshadow2/cwcochranlist.html
Ordinances of Secession of the 13 Confederate States of America - Contains the actual text presented from each state.
www.dixienet.org/csa-docs/ordinanc.html
Secession and Civil War - Reasons for secession and implications both internal and external to the nation in outline format.
www.polytechnic.org/faculty/gfeldmeth/lec.civilwar.html
Southern Secession - Text of resolutions passed in Mississippi, South Carolina, and Virginia, outlining the reasons for secession from the Union.
www.nv.cc.va.us/home/nvsageh/Hist121/Part4/SecessionDocs.htm
The Civil War Marked the Era of Big Government - An analysis of how the Civil War changed American thought on political freedom.
www.crownrights.com/caesar/big_government.htm
The Quandary of Secession - Historiographical interpretations of the secession crisis prior to the Civil War.
www.arcticwind.com/cdb/writings/quandary.shtml
War of Southern Independence - Reviews certain events during the war and examines the consequences of it, from a Southerner's perspective.
www.geocities.com/mark_willey/civlwar.html