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The long and bloody American Civil War claimed the lives of more than 700,000 men. When it ended, former opponents worked to rebuild their reunified nation and moved into the future together. Many people will find that hard to believe—especially in an era witnessing the destruction or removal of Confederate monuments and the desecration of Confederate cemeteries.
In the unique and timely Patriots Twice: Former Confederates and the Building of America after the Civil War, award-winning author Stephen M. Hood identifies more than three hundred former Confederate soldiers, sailors, and government officials who reintegrated into American society and attained positions of authority and influence in the federal government, the United States military, academia, science, commerce, and industry. Their contributions had a long-lasting and positive influence on the country we have today.
Many of the facts in Patriots Twice will surprise modern Americans. For...
About the Author: Stephen M. “Sam” Hood is a retired industrial contractor living in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. He is a graduate of Kentucky Military Institute and Marshall University, and served in the United States Marine Corps Reserve. Sam is the author of The Lost Papers of Confederate General John Bell Hood and John Bell Hood: The Rise, Fall, and Resurrection of a Confederate General, winner of the 2014 Albert E. Castel and Walt Whitman Book of the Year Awards. He is a past president of the board of directors of the Confederate Memorial Hall Museum Foundation in New Orleans. A former youth, high school, and college soccer coach, Sam was twice named West Virginia High School Soccer Coach of the Year and is a member of the West Virginia Soccer Hall of Fame.