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William Cawthon

Was the South Poor Before the War?

By William Cawthon

This essay was written in 1982 under the direction of Emory Thomas at the University of Georgia and was originally titled, “The Affluent Section: The South on the Eve of the War Between the States.”… »

  • Abolitionists
  • Slavery
  • Southern Economics
  • War for Southern Independence
  • William Cawthon

The South as an Independent Nation

By William Cawthon

This article was originally published in Southern Partisan Magazine in 1997. “Being a Southerner is a spiritual condition, like being a Catholic or Jew.” So wrote Richard Weaver in his essay “The South and the… »

  • Secession
  • Southern Culture
  • Southern History
  • Southern Politics
  • William Cawthon

The Cost of Total War in the South

By William Cawthon

Chapter 29, on “Lives Lost,” in the newly released booklet, “Understanding the War Between the States,” reveals startlingly higher numbers of people who lost their lives as a result of the War for Southern Independence,… »

  • War Crimes
  • War for Southern Independence
  • William Cawthon
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The Sesquicentennial of the War for Southern Independence as Symbolic of the Fallen State of the South

By William Cawthon

With the Sesquicentennial of the epic war of American history winding down, many may think this War no longer particularly relevant and we can move on to more current concerns. Such an attitude, which I… »

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“History is Nothing but a Pack of Lies We Play Upon the Dead.”

By William Cawthon

Henry Timrod, the greatest Southern poet next to Edgar Allan Poe, the “Poet Laureate of the Confederacy,” died during Reconstruction in 1867 at the young age of 38. Dr. James E. Kibler, an outstanding authority… »

  • Agrarianism
  • Henry Timrod
  • Jim Kibler
  • Southern Culture
  • Southern History
  • William Cawthon
  • William Gilmore Simms

The Battle of New Orleans

By William Cawthon

The Eighth of January was on everyone’s tongue once, in similar fashion to the Fourth of July, for Andrew Jackson’s victory at the Battle of New Orleans occurred on this day in 1815, 200 years… »

  • Andrew Jackson
  • New Orleans
  • War of 1812
  • William Cawthon

Southern Preservation

By William Cawthon

In the South, many people want to demolish a structure if it looks a little ragged around the edges. Eufaula, AL is a prime example. It is not with pleasure that I mention Eufaula as… »

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