The Constitution of the Confederate States of America was very similar to the United States of America Constitution. And why shouldn’t it be? After all, a Southerner, James Madison, was the chief architect of the US Constitution and it was adopted by their forefathers. This was the main reason the states of the South declared their independence and seceded to form their own government. The northern states and the Federal government had strayed from the constitution adopted by their forefathers.
Most of the Bill of Rights in the United States Constitution was incorporated into the Confederate Constitution.
There are other small adjustments and tweaks throughout the document to correct things Southerners felt were in error with the original document and to balance power between the states and the federal government.
In this beautiful collection of poems, Herman has shared his words from his heart and the depth of his soul the declaration of the love he possesses for his Shirley. The early years and the beginning of their lifelong romance; the desire to please and the experiences they shared. The portals they entered together and embraced the joys of their lives together. The final portal that Herman did not walk through with Shirley has not closed. His words of love and yearning are expressed in his poems of loneliness, and sadness, and the hope that he will again see his beloved bride and rejoice in eternity never to be apart again.
— Tammy Lynn McCracken
Rresearch and this book provided plenty of challenging opportunities. This roster is in no way meant to detract from the brave service of the men who fought in the Confederate infantry, artillery, cavalry, or any other land-based service. It is simply to add to the body of knowledge about those from North Carolina who served and defended their State and new nation, just as “some” of their ancestors of 1776 did eighty-five years before.
The fact North Carolina naval personnel had no such annotated roster was sufficient justification to develop such a roster. By preserving and publishing the names and such service information as could be found the Tar Heels who served the Confederate naval service may receive the recognition they so richly deserve.
Words of Love
Roster of North Carolinians in Confederate Naval Service
Paperback, 34 pages $5.00
The Retribution Conspiracy
The Constitution of the Confederate States of America
Retribution is a historical conspiracy and romance novel. The first word here is “historical,” which stems from the root word “history.” The reader who wants a formula romance (“Okay, we’re in Chapter Seven, time for the two lovers to have a fight”) is likely to be disappointed. The majority of this book is true. As with most historical novels, some of the characters actually existed; others did not. Most of those who live in this book were real people, and I have tried to portray their characters as accurately as possible.
2022 MOS&B Award Winner!
Paperback, 320 pages $24.99
Paperback, 96 pages $12.00
Hardback, 442 pages, indexed $50.00
Most people will be surprised to learn of Abraham Lincoln’s socialist leanings. This is because of the deification of Lincoln and the fact the victors always write the history books. This small pamphlet was first printed by the communist party in Chicago and they were great admirers of the so-called “Great Emancipator” and made no secret of it.
Abraham Lincoln not only had a favorable opinion of Karl Marx and his writings, but was at times sympathetic to socialist policies and ideas. The sixteenth president of the United States was an avid reader of the father of Marxism and corresponded with him during the War Between the States. Was Lincoln a socialist? You decide.
Little Sermons in Socialism by Abraham Lincoln
Paperback, 48 pages $5.00
Red State – Red County
James Ronald Kennedy points out the duty of the people of the Sovereign State to exercise their inalienable right to govern themselves is a right which existed before the formation of the federal government, and therefore, nothing in this amendment shall be interpreted in such a manner as to deem the federal government to be the donor of the rights as exercised by the people of the states.
Paperback, 60 pages $8.00
Dr. Graham, a former president of the Hampden-Sidney College, and for twenty years the beloved pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Florence, South Carolina, is well qualified for this self-imposed task, both from the standpoint of scholarship and personal integrity. Because of his burning desire to clear the gallant leaders of his beloved Southland of the unjust charge of petty prejudice and political inconsistency, the arduous task of research and investigation necessary for the preparation of a historical paper of this kind has been for the author, a labor of love.
Some Things For Which The South Did Not Fight
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The Confederate Myth-Buster
It is hoped with the publication of The Confederate Myth-Buster, and the other Kennedy Twins’ books, Americans, both from the North and from the South, will wake up to the dangers posed by an all-powerful and unlimited big government. After the defeat of the South, Vice President Alexander Stephens of the Confederate States of America noted, “The Cause of the South is the Cause of us all.”
Paperback, 244 pages $20.00
Hardback, 244 pages $30.00
A View of the Constitution of the
United States of America
William Rawle, a Northerner, a friend of Washington and Franklin, and an abolitionist, wrote a textbook on the US Constitution that recognized the right of secession. His textbook was used at the US Military Academy at West Point. “We recommend the treatise of Mr. Rawle as a SAFE and INTELLIGENT guide,” North American Review, 1826, Boston Massachusetts.
Hardback, 386 pages $35.00
Pickett or Pettigrew?
North Carolinians in particular realized their story was not being told, or if told, was inaccurate. The third day of the Battle of Gettysburg was the most egregious. Many of the officers of North Carolina troops were dead and could not tell their stories. Captain W. R. Bond, a veteran of the Army of Northern Virginia, set out to correct this omission in history with his pamphlet, Pickett or Pettigrew? An Historical Essay, first published in 1888.
2020 MOS&B Award Winner!
Paperback, 82 pages $12.00
While going through local 19th century newspapers online, I came across this two-installment article written in 1893 by Rev. Dr. A. W. Mangum about his time spent at the Salisbury Confederate Prison. The article carried so much information, it was surprising it had never been reprinted. These articles led me to search in the Official Records for more information about the Salisbury Prison. There I found an extensive letter on the horrific conditions of the Salisbury Prison written February 17, 1865, by T. W. Hall, Assistant Adjutant and Inspector General.
Confederate States Military Prison at Salisbury, NC
Paperback, 54 pages $8.00
Hardback, 54 pages $15.00
The Life of Nathaniel Macon
This is a reprint of the original first published in 1908. This edition has been completely reset in a modern typeface for easier reading. Photos and engravings have been added along with an introduction and a foreword by Dr. Clyde N. Wilson. Macon stands as one of the most, if not the most, important figure in North Carolina’s rich history. At this printing he is still the only North Carolinian to serve as speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, which was during the presidency of Thomas Jefferson.
Hardback, dustcover, 344 pages, indexed $35.00
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. — Dr. Boyd Cathey
The Land We Love
Hardback, 308 pages $28.00
A Southern View of the Invasion of the Southern States and War of 1861-65
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. A reprint of the second edition first published in 1938.
2018 MOS&B Award Winner!
Paperback, 120 pages $15.00
Sherman’s Rascals
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!
Paperback, 72 pages $12.00
General Lee and Santa Claus
General Lee and Santa Claus is a delightful children’s Christmas book first published in 1867, a scant two years after the end of the War for Southern Independence. This is the story of three young Southern girls trying to understand why Santa Claus didn’t visit the little Southern children during the four Christmases of the War. With the help of their auntie, they ponder this question one afternoon and finally write a letter to General Robert E. Lee, knowing he would be able to answer their question.
Hardback, 50 pages $12.00
Prayers and Other Devotions
This small prayer book was originally published in Charleston, SC, early in the War to be distributed to Confederate soldiers marching off to war or already in the field. This was a common practice across the South throughout the conflict as soldiers were desperate to hear the word of God. This yearning intensified later as great revivals swept the Southern armies during the winters of 1863 and 1864. Hopefully, this small prayer book played a part in bringing comfort to the men in the field as they faced the horrors of war.
Paperback, 44 pages $5.00
A Confederate Catechism
This is a reprint of an original 12-page narrow pamphlet published in 1929 by the son of the 10th president of the United States, John Tyler. Lyon Gardiner Tyler was a noted historian, educator and author in his own right. He wrote this pamphlet to help correct the propaganda about the South, and his father, by Northern writers and publishers. It is short, concise and should be read by every student, not only in the South, but in the United States.
Paperback, 44 pages $5.00
General Robert E. Lee
This original pamphlet has been out of print for more than a hundred years and not many were printed or survive today. That is the purpose of reprinting this small book. Not only to honor General Lee and Captain Ashe, but all Confederate Veterans and to leave this information for future generations.
Paperback, 44 pages $5.00
Memoir of Nathaniel Macon of North Carolina
North Carolina’s most historically significant political leader, whose legacy and philosophy and character influenced not only generations of Tar Heels, but also a host of very illustrious Southerners, their thinking, and the very manner in which they lived their lives and viewed the society around them. He was, indeed, to quote his contemporaries, “the father of states’ rights” and the figure most critical in the actual development and survival of the states’ rights philosophy which still, in some ways, percolates in American politics.
Paperback, 50 pages $9.99
Truth of the War Conspiracy of 1861
How Lincoln and his co-conspirators used deceit, half truths, lies and violation of international law to promote their war conspiracy. — Walter D. Kennedy and James R. Kennedy, authors of The South Was Right!
Paperback, 60 pages $7.99
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Lincoln As The South Should Know Him
When America understands Lincoln as the South did in 1860, this nation can then begin to undo the adverse consequences of Appomattox. — Walter D. Kennedy and James R. Kennedy, authors of The South Was Right!
Paperback, 54 pages $7.99
History books, the media, school systems and on, and on, and on, abound in falsehoods and inaccuracies of Confederate and Southern history. Here are but a few fictional teachings which are presented today as true.
Another Look at Six Myths in The Lost Cause
Paperback, 55 pages $9.99
The Confederate Book of Quotes & Narratives
The hope for this book is to show the narrative of the day when the South was invaded by those who desired to inflict their ideals, morals and attitudes, just because “these Southerners” needed to be brought back under the Northerner’s way of life, their philosophy of life and their interpretation of the law. But above all, it was because the Northerners way of life was jolted economically when the Southern states seceded from the Union.
Paperback, 165 pages $15.99
The Nation In Gray
This book is about the culture of the South and specifically, the Confederate States of America, from 1861-1865. The attempt here is to expose those things the people of the Confederacy held dear. Those things which were terms of endearment to the Southern people: its religion, its patriotism, its love of family and its culture. What you will see here is simple clarity.
Paperback, 166 pages $15.99
For more than 150 years the Northern perspective has been the one dominant narrative. This is where primary sources come in. Having these sources at our disposal the student of history will quickly notice it didn’t quite happen the way they have been taught in school. My hope for this writing is that it will be used as a resource book.
The Confederate Truth and Nothing But the Truth
Paperback, 272 pages $19.99
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.
Southern Fried Ramblings
Paperback, 166 pages $15.00
A Story Behind Every Stone
A history of the Confederate section of Oakwood Cemetery in Raleigh, NC. Includes a complete roster of almost 1,400 soldiers.
Paperback, 130 pages $15.00
Hardback, 30 pages $12.00
Hardback, 60 pages $16.00
Hardback, 320 pages $35.00
As You May Never See Us Again
A collection of letters sent home from the front lines of the War by two brothers to their mother and sister. Their father was one of the founders of Wake Forest College.
Paperback, 142 pages $15.00
North Carolina Troops 1861 -1865, Vol. I
North Carolina Troops 1861 -1865, Vol. II
A new collection of source material for all genealogical researchers. It also serves to honor the memory of the men who answered the call of their state to protect home, hearth and family.
This is Chuck Purser’s last research work before he unfortunately lost his battle with cancer. However, his work goes on with this publication. This new information is not included in Volume I or or the 18th edition of NC Troops.
Paperback, Indexed, 184 pages $20.00
Paperback, Indexed, 198 pages $20.00
Dead or Disabled: The North Carolina Confederate Pensions 1885 Series
These files contain information on nearly 3,100 men from North Carolina who died during the war and on more than 1,500 men who suffered disabling wounds.
Paperback, 8.5 x 11, 194 pages $35.00
The Owl and The Horseshoe
Debra Hughey 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.
Paperback, 192 pages $14.95
People of the Townhouse
Debra Hughey is considered by many as the expert of Creek Indian culture and history in the Tallapoosa River Valley of East-Central, Alabama. Discovering new things about the original inhabitants of Tallassee, Alabama, has been her life-long passion.
Paperback, 178 pages $19.95
Memoirs of a Lady Cannoneer
My War Between the States reenacting career as a Lady Cannoneer came about unexpectedly. From September of 1997 to October of 2015, I have been blessed to reenact many battles of the War Between the States. During this time, I have met many congenial Confederates who share my passion and formed many precious friendships with reenactors. This is my story. — Ann Rives Zappa
Paperback, 272 pages $15.00
The Adventure – Stolen Days tells the story of Dr. Nash Laurent, who spends a life time creating a Southern organization to finance and build a space-time ship with the intention of going back and saving the life of Stonewall Jackson at Chancellorsville. But by the time all is ready, Nash is just too old for the mission, and so he recruits Parks Walter, a NASA astronaut to go with his daughter Jeanne Marie and his son Michael back in time.
Heroes of the South come to life as Parks, Jeanne Marie and Michael meet and talk to the legends of Southern history.
Heavily researched, this tale will introduce you to aspects of Civil War history you may never have heard of. But can this team do it? Can they save Stonewall Jackson’s life? They have three ways to try, will any of those ways work?
The Adventure – Stolen Days
Paperback, 350 pages $30.00
First, I urge the need of interesting our children in history at an early age. From observation I find the minds of children who study history early expand more rapidly than those who are restricted to the limits of stories in readers. While teaching pupils to read, why not fix in their minds the names and deeds of our great men, thereby laying the foundation of historical knowledge and instilling true patriotism into their youthful souls? You will find no one in history who equals Lee. Not just his military career, but his integrity and the way he lived his life. He was a devout Christian in all aspects of his life. We can find example after example of this. No one in history can even come close.
Please share this book with your children, grandchildren, nieces and nephews, grand nieces and nephews, cousins and other young people you may know. For if we don't share our history, it will die with us.
The Life of General Robert E. Lee
In Easy Words For Children
Paperback, 94 pages $12.00
The chronicles of a Confederate Chaplain's diary will doubtless furnish the staple for weaving a most engaging story when the true historian shall find them. Rev. A. D. Betts, D. D. is an alumnus of the University of North Carolina, and one of the most consistent Christians and profoundly religious men we have had the pleasure of knowing. He is without guile, or hypocrisy, or evil speech. He was one of the best and most devoted chaplains in the Confederate service. General Lee was so greatly impressed with the devotion, fidelity and purity of this good man that he spoke of him as "that model chaplain." He is one of the most consistently devout, consecrated, and useful ministers we have found in a long life.
Experience of a Confederate Chaplain
Hardback, 102 pages $20.00
Hardback, 366 pages, illustrated, indexed $40.00
Loring's Division did not have a reputation like Cleburne's Division. It was a latecomer to the Army of Tennessee in 1864. But Loring's didn't lack for aggressive fighting spirit.
A thorough history of Loring's Division could cover hundreds of pages. The battles alone could have been covered in greater detail. The purpose here is to give a good overview of the actions of Loring and his unit commanders, in order to appreciate the entire division.
No division commander was more colorful than was Loring. As a teenager William Wing Loring was fighting Seminoles in his native Florida. He left an arm in Mexico City in the Mexican War, and served in the US Army in the western territories.
Loring's Division
Freedom Now
Freedom Now. Freedom is out there waiting for us to turn potential into reality. God is on the side of those who love the truth. He will bless those who are courageous enough to confront and defeat evil. The potential of creating a nation in which America's traditional, conservative, moral, and political values are the standard now confronts us. Our challenge is to confront the potential of freedom with truth and courage and turn the potential of freedom into the reality of Freedom!
As is pointed out in chapter eight of this booklet, there is an answer. It is strong medicine but life-threatening maladies demand strong medicine. Will America take the medicine and live or, like a spoil child, reject the cure?
Paperback, 74 pages $8.00
In this brief sketch of our great Southern hero, I have endeavored to portray, amid the blaze of his matchless military genius, the unchanging rectitude of his conduct, the stern will-power by which he conquered all difficulties, his firm belief in an overruling Providence, and his entire submission to the Divine Will. These traits of character were the cornerstones upon which he reared the edifice of his greatness, and upon which the young people of our day will do well to build.
Teachers may introduce this book as a supplementary reader into the fourth grade, as I have been careful to employ as few words as possible outside of the vocabulary of that grade.
— Mary L. Williamson
2024 MOS&B Award Winner!
The Life of General Thomas J. Jackson
In Easy Words For Children
Paperback, 126 pages, illustrated $12.00
This book is my experiences greeting people with God's plan of salvation and also driving one of the Church Buses for Landmark Baptist Temple, where I knocked on doors and met the people and witnessed to them as we tried to get them to ride our Church Bus to our Church.
As I moved to North Carolina I kept the urge to talk to people about GOD and JESUS as I stop people going into places of business or confined in medical facilities.
All this is mixed in with a lot of my personal family ups and downs as we struggle with the move and still present GOD and JESUS in a good lite. In any case, I hope you enjoy the ride with me.
— James Montgomery
Paperback, 52 pages $12.00
Spreading GOD’s Word
Hardback, 110 pages $20.00
What a treasure Captain Park has left us. To have almost a day-by-day eyewitness account of most of the battles the Army of Northern Virginia participated in is priceless. As a 17-year-old student, Captain Park left his studies and volunteered to defend his country, rose in the ranks from a private to lieutenant and then captain, commanding men older than himself. Wounded twice, Park returned to duty and served until the end of the War, as did many Southern soldiers.
2023 MOS&B Award Winner!
Sketch of the Twelfth Alabama Infantry
In this narrative you will find a vivid picture of the female strongly animated against the invader. They beat their male relatives hollow in their denunciations and hopes of vengeance. The fortitude of the Southern woman on the home front has everything to do with keeping their husbands, sons, and brothers in the field. The Southern lady is no wallflower, and her vocal pluck recalls the Spartan mother who admonishes her soldier to return home, either with his shield, or upon it. It is scarcely necessary to add that, although the romance is entirely imaginary, the author has naturally drawn upon his experiences and observations during the war, both in Jackson County, Texas, and while marching with his regiment, the Second Texas Infantry, CSA, in Tennessee and Mississippi..
The Riven Oak and the Ivy
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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.
It is not surprising Winston wrote of Gettysburg and his rewrite of the outcome. Churchill was an admirer of the former British colony as he wrote his mother, "What an extraordinary people the Americans are." Obviously that admiration included the people of the South. In this article, one can sense his respect for General Robert E. Lee and the soldiers of the Confederacy.
If Lee Had Not Won Gettysburg
The Last Hardy Few
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.
2024 MOS&B Award Winner!
Paperback, 184 pages, $19.99
This story chronicles eighteen months in the life of sixteen-year-old Thomas Young during 1780-81. He lived and fought in the South Carolina backcountry during America's Revolutionary War. His memoirs provide the framework for this remarkable story which exemplifies sacrifice, courage, and determination in the pursuit of liberty and in the founding of a new republic. Thomas Young and his family and friends represent an exemplary display of sacrifice, courage, and determination in their pursuit of liberty for themselves and generations to follow. The southern campaign of the Revolutionary War has been under emphasized by historical writers and it is hoped this work will help readers, especially young ones, develop a greater appreciation for the southern Partisans in particular and for all Patriots in general.
Gold Medal Award Winner!
Backcountry Fury
Paperback, 236 pages, illustrated, $24.95
In early December 1862 a regiment of North Carolinians surprised and routed the blue-coated soldiers occupying Plymouth, and the furious battle leaving the town mostly rubble and ashes. Several months later the enemy returned to construct a formidable fortress of redoubts, bombproofs and palisades around the few remaining buildings. This became a base for raids up the Roanoke River against military targets, but more often included "total war" upon civilians in their homes and farms. Relief would come in April 1864 when Brigadier General Robert F. Hoke's division and the ironclad CSS Albemarle overwhelmed the fortress in one of the War's most brilliantly executed and epic battles.
While marauding troops in blue bring to mind Sherman in 1864 Georgia, northeastern North Carolinians experienced this much earlier and longer, and well-documented in this volume.
Plymouth's Civil War
Each of the stories in this book originated from eye witnesses of the U.S.
War Between the States and have been passed down through two, three,
and sometimes four generations of family members. Every effort was made to insure historical accuracy, but specific facts regarding the incidents portrayed in these family gems were often sketchy and incomplete. The stories, however, are unique in their own right and worthy of preservation
in print. These treasured vignettes, often the only link between twenty-first century families and their ancestors who participated in the war, should be enjoyed by people who wish to catch a first-hand glimpse of that historic era.
Paperback, 58 pages, $8.00
Treasured Stories of the War Between the States
The intent of this book is to preserve an important part of our county's history. Each story featured here originated from eye witnesses of the War Between the States and has been passed down through two, three, and sometimes four generations. These, however, are the stories that the participants choose to pass on to their children and grandchildren. They are worthy of preservation in their own right, but more importantly, they present a vivid picture of what that trying time in our history was really like, from the ordinary person's experience.
Paperback, 86 pages, $10.00
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