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, find out why the Confederate Flag should be honored by all Americans, why Lincoln is still disliked in the South, who’s really responsible for American slavery, why Robert E. Lee is loved across Dixie, and why the Civil War was illegal, unjust, and unnecessary. This fact-based, information-packed defense of the South is a must-have for both beginners and seasoned Civil War buffs. Color illustrated. Available in paperback and hardcover.

Neo-Victorian Civil War scholar Lochlainn Seabrook, a descendant of the families of Alexander H. Stephens, John S. Mosby, Edmund W. Rucker, and William Giles Harding, is the most prolific and popular pro-South writer in the world today. Known by literary critics as the new Shelby Foote and by his fans as the Voice of the Traditional South, the Sons of Confederate Veterans member is a recipient of the prestigious Jefferson Davis Historical Gold Medal and the author and editor of (currently) 77 books. Described by his readers as game-changing and life-altering, his work has introduced hundreds of thousands to facts about American history that have been left out of our history books. A 7th generation Kentuckian of Appalachian heritage, a Kentucky Colonel, and the 6th great-grandson of the Earl of Oxford, Colonel 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; 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: What the North Doesn’t Want You to Know About Lincoln’s War; 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; Confederate Blood and Treasure: An Interview with Lochlainn Seabrook; Abraham Lincoln: The Southern View;