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James's Liberty File Collection Index: Natural Law and Natural Rights
Natural law and natural rights follow from the nature of man and the world. We have the right to defend ourselves and our property, because of the kind of animals that we are. True law derives from this right, not from the arbitrary...
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: The South Secedes
South Carolina was the first to secede upon the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860. Read about the secession of more states, the election of a president of the new Confederate States of America, and a last ditch effort to save the union.
Alabama Humanities Foundation
Encyclopedia of Alabama: Civil War in Alabama
The Civil War in Alabama destroyed much of the state, but one thing was achieved - strengthening the convictions of those who fought so hard to protect the Confederacy as portrayed in this synopsis.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Jefferson C. Davis
(1828-1879) Union soldier who helped lead troops in Sherman's March to the Sea
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Mississippi: Beauvoir
Post-war home and library of Confederate President Jefferson Davis, damaged by Hurricane Katrina in 2005, restored by 2008.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Alabama: First Confederate Capitol
Delegates from six seceding Southern states met here on February 4, 1861. On February 8, they adopted a "Constitution for the Provisional Government of the Confederate States of America." Jefferson Davis was inaugurated on the west...
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Virginia: White House of the Confederacy
Residence of Confederate President Jefferson Davis.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: General Lafayette C. Baker
General Baker, Chief of the United States Secret Service, born in Stafford, Genesee County, N. Y., October 13th, 1826, died in Philadelphia, Pa., July 2nd, 1868. In 1848 he went to New York and Philadelphia, and in 1853 to San Francisco,...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: John Henninger Reagan
(1818-1905) Representative and Senator from Texas. He served in the cabinet of Jefferson Davis as Postmaster General.
Civil War Home
Home of the American Civil War: Overview of Confederacy
Provides an overview of the Confederate States of America from its establishment in 1861 through its abolishment in 1865.