Novelist James R. Elstad’s interview with award-winning Southern historian and Civil War scholar Colonel Lochlainn Seabrook took place between March and July 2015. Excerpted from Elstad’s book Questions From the North; Answers From the South, the interview is presented here in its entirety.

Though brief, Confederate Blood and Treasure: An Interview With Lochlainn Seabrook (Col. Seabrook’s title for this work) provides an ideal introduction to Lincoln’s War as seen through the eyes of the South. Among other items of interest, you will learn why the Confederate Flag should be honored by all Americans, why Lincoln will always be detested in the South, why Robert E. Lee will always be revered across Dixie, who is really responsible for American slavery, why the War Between the States was illegal, unjust, and unnecessary, and why it is still highly relevant today. This illustrated, fact-based, information-packed defense of the South is a must-have for both beginners and seasoned Civil War buffs. Available in paperback and hardcover.

Neo-Victorian historian Lochlainn Seabrook, whose literary works range from astronomy to zoology, is one of the most prolific and popular writers in the world today. A descendant of the families of Alexander H. Stephens, John S. Mosby, Edmund W. Rucker, and William Giles Harding, he is known by literary critics as the new Shelby Foote and the American Robert Graves, and by his fans as the Voice of the Traditional South. The Sons of Confederate Veterans member is a Kentucky Colonel, a recipient of the prestigious Jefferson Davis Historical Gold Medal, and the author and editor of nearly 100 scholarly books (currently). Described by his readers as game changers and life-altering, his voluminous writings have introduced hundreds of thousands to vital facts that have been left out of our mainstream books. A 7th generation Kentuckian of Appalachian heritage and the 6th great-grandson of the Earl of Oxford, Col. Seabrook has a 45-year background in American and Southern history, and is the author of the international blockbuster Everything You Were Taught About the Civil War is Wrong, Ask a Southerner!

His other titles include: Heroes of the Southern Confederacy: The Illustrated Book of Confederate Officials, Soldiers, and Civilians; The Bittersweet Bond: Race Relations in the Old South as Described by White and Black Southerners; Vintage Southern Cookbook: 2,000 Delicious Dishes From Dixie; What the Confederate Flag Means to Me: Americans Speak Out in Defense of Southern Honor, Heritage, and History; Support Your Local Confederate: Wit and Humor in the Southern Confederacy; America’s Three Constitutions: Complete Texts of the Articles of Confederation, Constitution of the United States of America, and Constitution of the Confederate States of America; The Concise Book of Tigers; The Concise Book of Owls; North America’s Amazing Mammals; Everything You Were Taught About the Civil War is Wrong, Ask a Southerner!; Confederate Monuments; Confederate Flag Facts; Abraham Lincoln Was a Liberal, Jefferson Davis Was a Conservative; The Ultimate Civil War Quiz Book; The Great Yankee Coverup; Women in Gray: A Tribute to the Ladies Who Supported the Southern Confederacy; Lincoln’s War: The Real Cause, the Real Winner, the Real Loser; The Unholy Crusade: Lincoln’s Legacy of Destruction in the American South; Confederacy 101: Amazing Facts You Never Knew About America’s Oldest Political Tradition; Everything You Were Taught About American Slavery is Wrong, Ask a Southerner!; Everything You Were Taught About African-Americans is Wrong, Ask a Southerner!; Give This Book to a Yankee! A Southern Guide to the Civil War for Northerners; A Rebel Born: A Defense of Nathan Bedford Forrest; Honest Jeff and Dishonest Abe: A Southern Children’s Guide to the Civil War; Abraham Lincoln: The Southern View.