HEROES OF THE SOUTHERN CONFEDERACY: AN ILLUSTRATED BOOK OF CONFEDERATE OFFICIALS, SOLDIERS, AND CIVILIANS
REVIEW: “Award-winning historian Lochlainn Seabrook puts a human face on the government officials, military men, and everyday civilians of the Confederate States of America in this moving illustrated work comprising over 1,200 images from the 1800s and early 1900s. Heroes of the Southern Confederacy is sure to stir the heart of every Dixie soul. You will never be the same after witnessing these magnificent images.” - THE PUBLISHER
AUTHOR: Lochlainn Seabrook
CONTENT: adult nonfiction
SUBJECTS: American Civil War, Confederate history, military history, Southern culture
ILLUSTRATED: yes (b/w)
SIZE: 5.5” x 8.5”
LENGTH: 326 pages
COVER: paperback/perfect bound/gloss finish; hardcover/case laminate/matte finish
PUBLISHER: Sea Raven Press
ISBN: 978-1-955351-00-3 (paperback)
ISBN: 978-1-955351-01-0 (hardcover)
If eyes are the windows to the soul then award-winning historian Lochlainn Seabrook’s artistic literary work, Heroes of the Southern Confederacy: The Illustrated Book of Confederate Officials, Soldiers, and Civilians, is a glimpse into the very heart of the Old South. With some 1,200 antique photographs and drawings of Confederate individuals, this invaluable visual volume humanizes the traditional 19th-Century Southerner, thereby increasing the reader’s understanding of the Confederacy and her people: who they were, what they believed, and why they fought.
Contemplate the faces, expressions, and clothing of hundreds of men, women, and children in this unique “you-are-there” style book that brings home the realities of Left-wing U.S. President Abraham Lincoln’s attack on the Constitution and the American people - all through rare and faded pictures dating from the Victorian Era (where possible, carefully repaired, cleaned, and enhanced by the author). Feel the pathos of the antebellum, bellum, and postbellum periods come alive as you peruse the searing portraits of traditional Southerners who endured one of the world’s bloodiest, most destructive, and most unnecessary conflicts. Some 156 years after the Confederates stacked arms at Appomattox Court House, the same courage, perseverance, and American values that carried these rugged individuals through Lincoln’s War has reignited patriotic nationwide interest in the Confederate Battle Flag, with a whole new generation now once again supporting the Southern Cause (conservatism). As with so many of Col. Seabrook’s books, the reader will find that Heroes of the Southern Confederacy is a transformative experience.
Includes images of 430 Confederate generals and a complete list of all 474 Confederate generals (most officially confirmed, some not), as well as images of an assortment of both Confederate civilians and lower-ranked Confederate soldiers (many still unidentified). Additionally, Col. Seabrook has provided a detailed introduction, a comprehensive index, an exhaustive bibliography, footnotes, and educational appendices. An enjoyable browse for casual readers and Civil War buffs alike. For more serious students of history, such as historians, researchers, genealogists, Southern heritage interpreters, educators, living history actors, lecturers, sutlers, costume designers, and Civil War reenactors, this unique “picture book” provides and preserves not only important historical images, but supplemental information on the Confederate cabinet, the Confederate ranking system, and absorbing biographical details on Confederates from every walk of life. Destined to become a standard in Southern literature.
Note: The illustrations in this book are quite aged—some over 150 years old—and so should not be expected to match the breathtakingly clear high resolution images found in many of today’s publications.
This book currently has nine 5-star reviews on Amazon!
Available in paperback and hardcover. All text and images copyright © Sea Raven Press.
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