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A southern view of the invasion of the Southern states and the war of 1861-65, Paperback – January 1, 1997

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And War of 1861-65. Captain Samuel A'Court Ashe was the last surviving commissioned officer of the Confederate States Army. 75 pp., third edition, Avera Press, Wendell, N.C. 1972, booklet.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0006QS8NE
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Ruffin Flag Co; 3rd edition (January 1, 1997)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 75 pages
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Reviewed in the United States on July 17, 2023
Haven been a high school history teacher for years before retirement, I have always been interested in reading more about the history that isn’t mentioned in the watered down books they use now in schools. This book was insightful.
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Reviewed in the United States on January 7, 2024
No one should take literally everything in this book as absolutely irrefutable facts about the War of 1861 or what ultimately caused it. Nor should anyone dismiss the book out of hand as “confederate propaganda.”
This book, as the title explicitly states, was written from the perspective of a Southerner, a Confederate and a Rebel. This is a voice you simply cannot ignore whether you like it or not if you are a serious student of American History or the history of the American South.
It is not advisable to regard this book as a definitive one volume book about what the war was about and why the war happened. However, if one wants to educate himself on the mindset of a secessionist, it is a must read, and you certainly do not have to be a neo confederate or a confederate apologist to appreciate the content.
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Reviewed in the United States on September 18, 2023
Tremendous account of The War for Southern Independence. Those who know, know. A must have for the library of a Rebel. The South was right!!
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Reviewed in the United States on July 14, 2022
This book tells you what the history books DON'T. Only problem is it was written a long time ago and the writing is sometimes difficult to read. But it's worth the effort to get the truth.
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Reviewed in the United States on November 2, 2017
Another fine book exposing the hypocritical lies put forth over the hundred-plus years since Mr. Lincoln's war. What makes this book unique is that it is written by a man who was actually part of that history, rather than studying about it third hand decades later.
The author was a captain in the Confederate States Army and served so for the duration of the war. He died in 1938 at the age of 97...the last living commissioned officer of the Confederacy.

The true causes of the war, not the scam of "slavery" are exposed. The horrible cruelty of Lincoln is illustrated. For example, who knew that only a few months before the end of the war, Jefferson Davis, realizing the South could not win, asked Lincoln to cease hostilities, and allow the seceded states to return, without the institution of slavery, and live as one nation once again. Lincoln said, "no, let the Southern stop fighting and submit to me. They cannot return to the Union, for they were never out of the Union. Only complete submission would allow the war to end."

It is sad to think how many lives, both North and South, could have been saved if Lincoln had accepted the surrender.

But what is worse than this is the illustration of how the sentiment of Northerners and Northern publications vilified all things Southern for 25 years before the war. The level of unabashed hatred was so great, that several states tore up the constitution in their zeal to destroy the South. They even called for the murder of Southern women and children, as a just reward for their being in the company of slave holders. The level of prejudice and hatred without any semblance of reason is frighteningly like what we see in today's society, in the struggle between anarchists left groups and conservative constitutionalist groups.

A small book of only 125 pages, it is early read, but beware...it will infuriate you to know the long hidden, but sad and sorry truth.
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Reviewed in the United States on September 27, 2022
Very compelling arguments put forth that better explain why southern men left behind home and hearth to fight in a war in which they were outnumbered and under supplied than the modern revisionist idea that the North fought to free the slave while the South fought to keep slavery perpetually.
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Reviewed in the United States on July 8, 2021
Get an inside look of the War of Northern Aggression from someone who was actually there and seen the devastation that was done by a Tyrant. A great book and full respect to Capt Ashe for telling us the true stories of the illegal invasion of a sovereign nation by a new American Empire.
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Reviewed in the United States on August 28, 2021
The book does a good job of explaining how Mr. Lincolns troops literally attempted to eradicate Southern culture. We are still trying to correct many of these misconceptions today.
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Well written and researched. Not just an idle opinion but facts.