We believe in free thought—a value once celebrated in America—where honest disagreement was seen as a path to truth.

Maybe you’ve arrived here with anger or resentment toward the Southern people, our symbols, or our history. All we ask is that you set aside those assumptions, if only for a moment, and consider another perspective.

There are many reasons why we promote Confederate history, like many other Americans we have familial ties to this conflict. We also take a particular interest in the political issues that were contended with, which changed our Nation from a federal government of enumerated powers into a consolidated republic with a federal government that defines its own powers, something Jefferson said, “stops nothing short of despotism” (1). We have come to believe that much of what is taught about this conflict is a lie, and we cannot sit idly by while much of our history and heritage are being destroyed. That’s why the following Q & A section has been created—to give anyone the answers and citations to the most pressing questions about the War for Southern Independence, all from the Southern perspective.

  1. Thomas Jefferson, “The Kentucky Resolution,” 1798. See Jonathan Elliot (ed.) Journal and Debates of the Federal Convention, vol. IV, (Washington: Jonathan Elliot, 1830), 383.