Where to start personal Re-education?

[littlecanoe]

Hello fella's,

It's been a while but I've read a bit of the posts here and there over the last few months.
I was thinking about the process of re-learning the history of the war and wondered if
it wouldn't be a good idea to list out some books, web-sites, etc in order of importance.

Some of you fella's are widely read on the subject and could put together a nice list of where to begin
and sources to procede through in a logical order.  Could this even be a good "sticky Post" that stays
at the top of the page?

lc

[Ga.windbreak]

Give me a day or two and I'll do my best to get you started. I also have a few books I'll also list so you can go to your libary and check them out.

[Ga.windbreak]

littlecanoe - here are a few links to get you started - enjoy.

http://www.37thtexas.org/

http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig/young8.html

http://www.plpow.com/index.htm

http://www.southernheritage411.com/truehistory.php?th=053

http://americancivilwar.com/authors/black_slaveowners.htm

http://www.civilwar.com/

http://blueandgraytrail.com/event/Compromise_of_1850

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/927614/posts

http://dixierising.com/Holidays/davis/Davis_dec6.phtml

There is no way anyone can understand the true meaning of the Southern cause
without a study of the History of our Constitution and its meanings.

http://www.constitution.org/cmt/mclaughlin/chus.htm

http://www.slavenorth.com/index.html

And last but surely not least:

http://www.etymonline.com/cw/economics.htm

historian Clyde N. Wilson (in his section of "Slavery, Secession, and Southern History"). "But the plain truth is that [John C.] Calhoun was entirely correct in his opposition to the tariff. Debates about the actual macro- and micro-economic effects of antebellum protection are beside the point. The South, providing the bulk of the Union's exports, sold in an unprotected world market, while all American consumers bought in a highly protected one. And this was to the benefit of one class, no matter how plausibly disguised as a public boon.

[subdjoe]

GA, you should think about making that post a sticky. Lots of good resources there. 
I will say that some of them are a bit polemic, but that isn't always a bad thing.  Sometimes that is needed to get a point across. 

[Ga.windbreak]

Good idea, done. And thanks.