The Lost Colony of the Confederacy (Volume 69) (Williams-Ford Texas A&M University Military History Series) Paperback - 2000
by Harter, Eugene C
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- Title The Lost Colony of the Confederacy (Volume 69) (Williams-Ford Texas A&M University Military History Series)
- Author Harter, Eugene C
- Binding Paperback
- Condition New
- Pages 160
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas, U.S.A.
- Date 2000-06-01
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps
- Bookseller's Inventory # ING9781585441020
- ISBN 9781585441020 / 1585441023
- Weight 0.53 lbs (0.24 kg)
- Dimensions 8.52 x 5.55 x 0.48 in (21.64 x 14.10 x 1.22 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 1851-1899
- Cultural Region: Latin America
- Topical: Civil War
- Library of Congress subjects United States - History - Civil War,, Americans - Brazil - History - 19th century
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 00037803
- Dewey Decimal Code 981.004
From the rear cover
Although it is not known exactly how many Confederates migrated to South America -- estimates range from eight thousand to forty thousand -- their departure was fueled by bitterness over a lost cause and a distaste for an oppressive victor. Encouraged by Emperor Dom Pedro, most of these exiles settled in Brazil.
Although at the time of the Civil War the exodus was widely known and discussed as an indicator of the resentment against the northern invaders and the strict measures imposed by the federal government after the peace at Appomattox, The Lost Colony of the Confederacy is the first book to focus on this mass migration.
Eugene C. Harter vividly describes the lives of these last Confederates who founded their own city and were called Os Confederados by the Brazilians. They retained much of their Southernness and lent an American flavor to Brazilian culture. The cultural province they established still exists as testimony to the hardiness of Southern ways.
First published in 1985, this work details the background of the exodus and describes the life of the twentieth-century descendants, who have a strong link both to Southern history and to modern Brazil.
The fires have cooled, but it is useful to understand the intense feelings that sparked the migration to Brazil and other areas of the globe. Southern ways have melded into Brazilian, and both are linked by the unbreakable bonds of history, as shown in this revealing account.
