The economic destruction intentionally inflicted upon the Southern states during the War Between the States and during Reconstruction by the government of the United States was unparalleled in history up until that time. This marked the first instance of “Total War” in which citizens and private property became targets.  Wikipedia defines the term [...]

     The first quiet rumblings of real change are beginning to be heard as more and more states are bringing bills before their legislatures to reclaim the right to assert their sovereignty and bring an end to the unabated expansion of federal power. While this does not mean the states are beginning to look in [...]

     The song which this website takes it’s name from was first penned in the late 1860s by Major Innes Randolph who during the war was a member of General J.E.B. Stuart’s staff.  It depicts the sentiments that many Confederate veterans felt towards the treatment the South was receiving under the Federal program of reconstruction.  [...]