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_A Confederacy of DUNCES: "...things was tough, kid."
savani (Lei) Mon, 04 Jan 2010 10:55:03 -0000
_A Confederacy of DUNCES: "...things was tough, kid."
@Jickle Also, A Confederacy of Dunces is cheaper, and I don't have to wait for it if I buy it in store, so thanks for that too ;)
BB2K2 (Ben Hauser) Mon, 04 Jan 2010 09:56:15 -0000
@Jickle Also, A Confederacy of Dunces is cheaper, and I don't have to wait for it if I buy it in store, so thanks for that too ;)
@BB2K2 Read Confederacy though, it is easily my favourite book ever.
Jickle (James O'Connor) Mon, 04 Jan 2010 09:51:20 -0000
@BB2K2 Read Confederacy though, it is easily my favourite book ever.
@BB2K2 Haha, two things: 1. A Confederacy of Dunces can be found for $10 as a Penguin Classic. 2. Gravity's Rainbow is a HUGE undertaking.
Jickle (James O'Connor) Mon, 04 Jan 2010 09:50:07 -0000
@BB2K2 Haha, two things: 1. A Confederacy of Dunces can be found for $10 as a Penguin Classic. 2. Gravity's Rainbow is a HUGE undertaking.
@BB2K2 Sure thing: John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces, Ken Kasey, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (may still be a school text)
Jickle (James O'Connor) Mon, 04 Jan 2010 09:19:59 -0000
@BB2K2 Sure thing: John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces, Ken Kasey, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (may still be a school text)
Read Galápagos & reread A Confederacy of Dunces in celebration of time off school, which resumes mañana. No recreational reading until March
ivynova (Rebecca) Mon, 04 Jan 2010 05:09:41 -0000
Read Galápagos & reread A Confederacy of Dunces in celebration of time off school, which resumes mañana. No recreational reading until March

 

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404 A Digest of the Military and Naval Laws of the Confederate States - A digest of the military and naval laws of the Confederate States : from the commencement of the Provisional Congress to the end of the first Congress under the permanent constitution, by Confederate States of America.
Meta Description: [ A digest of the military and naval laws of the Confederate States : from the commencement of the Provisional Congress to the end of the first Congress under the permanent constitution, by Confederate States of America. ]

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.

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.

Causes of the Civil War - Provides listing and explanation of causes of the war from a North Georgia perspective.
Meta Description: [ Competing nationalisms, political turmoil, the definition of freedom, the preservation of the Union, the fate of slavery and the structure of our society and economy could all be listed as significant contributing factors in America's bloodiest conflict. ]

Causes of the Civil War - An archive of informative period documents on the secession and causes for the war.

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.

Civil War Era Politics - A study of the political causes of state secession, the Jefferson Davis Administration in Richmond, and related American history.
Meta Description: [ Discussion of American Politics during the Civil War Era, from 1848 to 1877. ]

Civil War Virginians of the Allegheny Highlands - Provides history of three of Virginia's Civil War regiments with Allegheny Highland origins, also provides messageboard and soldier photos.
Meta Description: [ This site is dedicated to expanding and sharing the history of three of Virginia's Civil War regiments with Allegheny Highland origins. ]

CivilWarVets - Civil War veterans in Hood County, Texas.

Confederate Constitution - The Congress of Delegates from the seceding Southern States convened at Montgomery, Alabama, on February 4, 1861. They quickly adopted a provisional Constitution, and in less than a month, devised and approved a permanent Constitution, which was adopted March 11, 1861.
Meta Description: [ The Constitution of the Confederate States of America. ]

Confederate Desertion - C.S.A. deserters in context. Studies in broad view and detail, and comparisons to the North. Some Anti-Confederate views challenged.

Confederate Government Senators - Lists names of Confederate Senators along with the state each represented.

Confederate Military Lodge of Research - These pages are intended for information dissemination about Confederate Mason Ancestors.

Confederate Pension Rolls, Veterans and Widows: Vtls.com - Digital copies of Confederate Virginia pension rolls, alphabetized by last name.

Confederate Soldiers Memorial Park - Information about the memorial wall and library next to a Confederate cemetery in Waynesville, Georgia.
Meta Description: [ Confederate Soldiers Memoral Park, Waynesville, GA ]

Confederate States of America Constitution - Complete text and signers included.

Confederate States of America Documents (The Avalon Project) - Confederate States of America Government Documents during the initial four-month period from December 24, 1860 to April 29, 1861.
Meta Description: [ A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Confederacy Including the Diplomatic Correspondence 1861-1865 ]

Dixiedave's Confederate Page - Discussion on reasons the war was fought, definition of Civil War, flag issues, history of 28th North Carolina Regiment, and Sons of Confederate Veterans.

Documenting the American South - Details the rise of Southern secessionism using first-hand written accounts, literature and narratives from the time period.

Documents of The American Civil War - Documents and reference material relating to Confederate action.
Meta Description: [ Confederate Constitution Secession Articles Civil War causes, and Emancipation compromise. ]

404 First Inaugural Address of Jefferson Davis - Address by Provisional President Davis at Montgomery, Alabama on February 18, 1861.

Florida in the Civil War - Explore Florida's history in the Civil War. Contains photographs that were part of an exhibit held at the Museum of Florida History in Tallahassee, Florida.

Gazkhan's Civil War Re-enacting, History and Hobbies Page - Site contains history of Palmetto Regiment, and articles on Confederate flags, the Rebel Yell, Succession Cockades, and the Armies surrender. Also has information on reenacting and war gaming.
Meta Description: [ History of the ironclads HMS Warrior, CSS Tennessee and Palmetto State also the history of Collett Leventhorpe, Confederate flags and colour bearers, rebel yell, Palmetto Sharpshooters, Micah Jenkins. 16th Tennessee Infantry. Confederate armies surrender and Succession cockades. Also covers reena... ]

Genesis of the Civil War - Deals primarily with the issues leading to the War, from a Southerner's perspective.
Meta Description: [ Interesting, isn't it, that today, those who favor banning Confederate symbols and continue to demonize an entire people's history also tend to be partisans of the federal government in all its present political struggles? ]

Heritage Preservation Association - Our mission is to protect, preserve and restore the historical significance of endangered symbols, customs and cultures of the Colonial and Confederate South.
Meta Description: [ This is the home site of the Heritage Preservation Association ]

Introduction to CSA Stamps and Postal History - Stamps of the Confederacy.
Meta Description: [ A philatelic site devoted to the stamps and postal history of the Confederate States of America ]

404 Jefferson Davis: 2nd Inaugural Address - Address delivered when becoming Permanent President of the Confederate Government, at Montgomery, Alabama on February 22, 1861.

404 Jefferson Davis: Fairwell Speech before the U. S. Senate - Fairwell address of Senator Davis of Mississippi following notification that the state government that he represented had seceded from the Union. Delivered in Washington on January 21, 1860.

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.

Kirchner's Map of the Confederacy - 1863 map of the Confederate States of America.

500 Legal Materials on the Confederate States of America - A compilation of legal documents in the Schaffer Law Library referring to the Confederacy.

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.

Lost Cause - Examines the issue of slavery and how misconceptions about Lincoln and slavery have clouded Americans view of the South.

Milam County, Texas Civil War Page - Provides a brief history of the Confederate and state military units raised in Milam County, Texas during the Civil War and their commanding officers.
Meta Description: [ provides brief histories of Milam County Confederate and state military companies, a list of their captains, an indigent families list, and a Confederate Pensions index ]

Rebel Yell - Civil War information, history, time lines, images and videos. Information about the Confederacy, its flag and its history.
Meta Description: [ Rebell Yell is a rowdy, all-American clothing line designed by Andi Ballard. ]

Secession and Civil War - Reasons for secession and implications both internal and external to the nation in outline format.

Tennessee Civil War Home Page - Provides Civil War information that pertains to Tennessee and includes biographies, statistics, engagements and information by county or city.

The Civil History of the Confederate States - A brief history of the Confederacy.

The Confederate Site of America - A virtual compendium of the Confederacy, photo gallery, over 1,500 CS links, music (with lyrics), selected e-books, genealogy research, bookstore, and site search engine.
Meta Description: [ A Virtual Compendium of the Confederacy, Photo Gallery, 1,001 CS links, Music, Selected e-books, Genealogy research, Bookstore, Site search engine ]

The Confederate States of America - Provides details of the Confederacy from its beginning in 1861 to its end in 1865.
Meta Description: [ This site provides complete details of the Confederacy from it's beginning in 1861 to it's end in 1865. ]

The Papers of Jefferson Davis - Well done website about the President of the Confederate States of America.

404 The Statutes at Large of the Confederate States of America, - The legal code of the Confederacy. Full text available on this site.
Meta Description: [ The Statutes at Large of the Confederate States of America, Commencing with the First Session of the First Congress; 1862. Public Laws of the Confederate States of America, Passed at the First Session of the First Congress; 1862. Private Laws of the Confederate States of America, Passed at the F... ]

Valley of the Shadow - Staunton Spectator August 1861 newspaper transcriptions.

War Department Collection of Confederate Records - An index to the huge quantity of Confederate records collected and cataloged by the U. S. Federal government following the conquest of the C. S. A.
Meta Description: [ Information about holdings of and use of the Research Rooms of the United States National Archives and Records Administration ]