Sentences with phrase «historical confederacy»

The Southern States, a title that will conjure up images of historical Confederacy, pecan pie, the rolling green hills of Virginia and the sweltering swamplands of Florida's Everglades.

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Matthew McConaughey stars in this historical epic that tells the story of a real - life farmer who helped lead his own rebellion against the Confederacy during the Civil War.

This study of an important event that took place just before the Civil War started helps us in addressing two key historical questions: 1) At what point, if any, was Abraham Lincoln morally justified in fighting the Confederacy?

History is complicated, historical figures more so — but New York was never part of the Confederacy.

It's too late to fix the Free State of Jones, director - writer Gary Ross» well - meaning historical drama about the curious case of Newton Knight, an army deserter who inspired a mixed race coalition of Mississippi farmers and runaway slaves to revolt against the Confederacy during the Civil War.

Based on real personalities like Judah Benjamin, the Confederacy's Jewish Secretary of State and spymaster, and on historical facts and events ranging from an African - American spy network to the dramatic self - destruction of the city of Richmond, All Other Nights is a gripping and suspenseful story of men and women driven to the extreme limits of loyalty and betrayal.