Today educated individuals know that Abraham Lincoln didn't "preserve the Union" or "abolish slavery." What then is the true legacy of his war? As award-winning historian Colonel Lochlainn Seabrook reveals in his poignant bestselling pictorial, The Unholy Crusade, it was Lincoln's illegal, unnecessary, and merciless destruction of the South and her people. As proof, Colonel Seabrook provides hundreds of 19th-Century photos and drawings of the North's four-year demolition of Dixie, ranging from the ransacking and burning of thousands of private Southern homes and businesses, to the bombing of countless mills, factories, trains, ships, roads, depots, forts, docks, bridges, warehouses, communications, churches, banks, and even cemeteries. Southern libraries, universities, hospitals, livestock, and even family pets were wantonly destroyed by Union troops as well. And let us not forget the many incidents of the unlawful arrest, abuse, torture, rape, and murder of scores of innocent Southern civilians - of all ages and races. Why? What did this overt Yankee terrorism, this mindless ruination of the South, have to do with saving the country or emancipation? This emotionally powerful, lavishly illustrated book answers the question! The Unholy Crusade is a must-read for all those interested in the truth behind Lincoln's War on the Constitution and the Confederacy. Like Colonel Seabrook's many other Civil War books, this well-researched, historically accurate work includes a descriptive introduction, copious notes, an extensive bibliography, and a comprehensive index. Destined to become an American classic. Available in paperback and hardcover. Civil War scholar Lochlainn Seabrook, a descendant of the families of Alexander H. Stephens, John S. Mosby, and William Giles Harding, is the most prolific and popular pro-South writer in the world today. Known as the "new Shelby Foote," he is a recipient of the prestigious Jefferson Davis Historical Gold Medal and the author of over 50 books that have introduced hundreds of thousands to the truth about the War for Southern Independence. A 7th generation Kentuckian of Appalachian heritage 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: Abraham Lincoln Was a Liberal, Jefferson Davis Was a Conservative: The Missing Key to Understanding the American Civil War; Lincoln's War: The Real Cause, the Real Winner, the Real Loser; Confederate Monuments: Why Every American Should Honor Confederate Soldiers and Their Memorials; The Great Yankee Coverup; Confederacy 101: Amazing Facts You Never Knew About America's Oldest Political Tradition; Confederate Flag Facts; Everything You Were Taught About American Slavery is Wrong, Ask a Southerner!; The Bittersweet Bond: Race Relations in the Old South as Described by White and Black Southerners; A Rebel Born: A Defense of Nathan Bedford Forrest; All We Ask Is To Be Let Alone: The Southern Secession Fact Book; Heroes of the Southern Confederacy: The Illustrated Book of Confederate Officials, Soldiers, and Civilians; The Articles of Confederation Explained: A Clause-by-Clause Study of America's First Constitution; The God of War: Nathan Bedford Forrest As He Was Seen By His Contemporaries; Jesus and the Gospel of Q; Seabrook's Bible Dictionary of Traditional and Mystical Christian Doctrines; The Martian Anomalies: A Photographic Search for Intelligent Life on Mars; Victorian Hernia Cures; Vintage Southern Cookbook: 2,000 Delicious Dishes From Dixie; North America's Amazing Mammals: An Encyclopedia for the Whole Family; The Concise Book of Owls; The Concise Book of Tigers.