Key Words in Context
This tool of analysis visualizes the context of key words within the text, providing insights into the significance of certain observations, beliefs, and ideas about the South, its peoples, and its environment.
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Figure i. The war is lamented for its human cost, but is seen as necessary in order to end what the Rebels began.
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Figure ii. Southern women are described as peculiar and distinctly different from their noble Northern counterparts.
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Figure iii. The Southern Confederacy and its rebellious citizens are facetiously associated with chivalry.
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Figure iv. Confederate troops are referred to as "Rebs" or "Rebels."
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Figure v. References to the "people" of the South.
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Figure vi. While the South was not its own country as secessionists had declared, it was a place distinct from the North.
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Figure vii. African Americans are only referenced in regard to their military contributions. Slavery and issues of race are absent.
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Figure viii. Alcander makes the distinction between Western and Eastern fighting styles and soldiers.
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Figure iv. The Southern landscape was a land of plenty.
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