Samuel A'Court Ashe (Books)

Samuel A'Court Ashe Books

Samuel A'Court Ashe was a seasoned editor, historian, and North Carolina legislator. His experiences in the American Civil War, serving as a Confederate infantry captain, informed his later life as a respected historian and influential legislator. He was the last surviving commissioned officer of the Confederate States Army, living until 1938. His writings explore the complexities of life in the South during tumultuous periods of American history.

A Southern View of the Invasion of the Southern States and War of 1861-65

102 pages
4 hours of reading

Samuel A'Court Ashe was a Confederate infantry captain in the War Between the States and celebrated editor, historian, and North Carolina legislator. He was the last surviving commissioned officer of the Confederate States Army. In this little book, he gives a helpful overview of such subjects as the slave trade and Southern slavery, State sovereignty, the causes of secession, Abraham Lincoln's violations of the Constitution and usurpation of power, and more.