Profiles in Civil War Conservatism: 25 Southern Generals and Their Fight To Save the American Republic

SHORT DESCRIPTION
Explore Southern constitutional conservatism in Profiles in Civil War Conservatism, an illustrated historical study of 25 Confederate generals, by bestselling author and award-winning historian Lochlainn Seabrook.
 
DETAILS
AUTHOR: Lochlainn Seabrook.
CONTENT: adult nonfiction.
SUBJECTS: Conservatism, American history, American government, Civil War history, politics, political science, political ideologies, political party history, Southern history, Northern history.
ILLUSTRATED: yes (color).
SIZE: 5.5” x 8.5”.
LENGTH: 180 pgs.
COVER: paperback/perfect bound/gloss finish; hardcover/case laminate/matte finish.
PUBLISHER: Sea Raven Press.
ISBN: 978-1-955351-90-4 (paperback).
ISBN: 978-1-955351-91-1 (hardcover).
 
FULL DESCRIPTION
REEXAMINE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR POLITICS THROUGH CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLE, IDEOLOGICAL THOUGHT, AND SOUTHERN LEADERSHIP
 
Profiles in Civil War Conservatism: 25 Southern Generals and Their Fight to Save the American Republic, by bestselling author and award-winning historian Lochlainn Seabrook, is a unique, illustrated analytical study of Confederate military leadership examined through the lens of 19th-Century American conservatism, constitutionalism, and republican theory.
 
Grounded in primary sources, period writings, military records, and political history, this focused volume presents 25 Southern generals as historical actors shaped by inherited constitutional ideas rather than modern political labels. Each profile situates its subject within the legal, ideological, and cultural framework of the American republic as it was understood prior to and during the War Between the States. Political party origins, their reversal, and their realignment are examined in detail, clarifying how Democrats of the Civil War period were conservatives and Republicans were liberals according to 19th-Century standards.
 
Combining structured historical profiles with original visual art, the book includes:
 
• Twenty-five Southern generals selected for military significance, leadership influence, and ideological clarity.
• Concise examinations of each figure’s background, command role, and constitutional outlook.
• Clear discussion of states’ rights, federalism, republican government, and resistance to centralized power.
• Contextual treatment of Democratic (then right-wing) and Republican (then left-wing) Party ideologies as they existed in the mid-19th Century.
• Original illustrations presented in a consistent, dignified visual program.
• A restrained, scholarly tone avoiding present-day political framing or retrospective moralizing.
• Includes a comprehensive introduction, index, bibliography, appendices, glossary, and notes to the reader.
• A compact reference format suited for historians, educators, libraries, collectors, and serious readers of American history.
 
Rather than approaching the Civil War as a purely military conflict or moral abstraction, Profiles in Civil War Conservatism restores political philosophy, constitutional interpretation, and leadership intent to the center of the historical narrative—allowing readers to understand why these men sought to defend the American republic as originally constructed by the Founding Fathers.
 
Designed for long-term reference and repeated consultation, this illustrated volume reflects Sea Raven Press’ commitment to evidence-based history, intellectual clarity, and visual excellence. Available in paperback and hardcover.
 
PUBLISHER’S REVIEW
“Lochlainn Seabrook approaches the American Civil War with rare intellectual discipline, restoring constitutional context, political philosophy, and leadership intent to a conflict too often reduced to stereotypes and slogans. Profiles in Civil War Conservatism is a rigorously researched and visually refined work that examines Southern generals as thinkers and actors shaped by 19th-Century republican principles rather than modern caricature. Clear, measured, and evidence-driven, this volume offers readers a serious, illuminating study that will reward historians, scholars, and thoughtful general readers alike.” — SEA RAVEN PRESS
 
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