The Civil War Still Stirs The Southern Soul

Calendar January 10, 2011 | Posted by javal

On Jan. 10, 1861, Florida became the third state to secede from the Union, after South Carolina and Mississippi. Eight other states would soon follow, igniting the bloodiest war in American history. Weekend Edition commentator and Florida native Diane Roberts explores why the Civil War still has such a hold on the Southern imagination.

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