prof. robertson: it was a one-year course. students took up because they host: how many books have you written? prof. robertson: i don't remember. it has very little to say for it. it is with small print. it is about a confederate general and yet it has gone through so many. story of a man. life. an incredible he never knew his father. and he grew up on who loved. therapist.th a i just that i'm going to give you this. she describes who he should be. you and i just take it for granted. he had not had feelings like that before. watching -- i cried writing chapter one. he would become the most brilliant general in the world. tactics and the deception. even more than that, jackson was fighting for god in this war. searched throughout his young adult years. he became a presbyterian, not really. he dedicated his life to god. jellico but of an he became the father that jackson never had. everything he did was for god. he gave thanks to a glass of water. comes, jackson .oncludes he goes into this war not to fight yankees but to slay t

prof. robertson: 3 million men roughly. one million southerners. yes, women did serve. how many we do not know but there were a lot that got into the army. it says something. i've seen figures. i don't know, i'm not sure if anyone really knows. there are many women. host: how many were killed in the north -- i mean southern soldiers -- and in the south? professor robertson: the total fatalities, the war department way back made a computation of 612,000 dead. i think it is woefully inadequate. i would say three quarters of a million. host: how many in the north and how many in the south? professor robertson: probably two to one. 250,000 here, there. probably because the numbers were smaller. but you have to add another half-million who were mentally or physically disabled by that war. amputated limbs and whatnot. you're talking about a 33% loss. host: knowing what you know now, if you were a southerner back in those days, what side would you have fought on? professor robertson: fought for the south. because states rights were so embedded. this is what a lot of students f

prof. robertson: 3 million men roughly. one million southerners. yes, women did serve.any we do not know but there were a lot that got into the army. it says something. i've seen figures. i don't know, i'm not sure if anyone really knows. there are many women. host: how many were killed in the north -- i mean southern soldiers -- and in the south? professor robertson: the total fatalities, the war department way back made a computation of 612,000 dead. i think it is woefully inadequate. i would say three quarters of a million. host: how many in the north and how many in the south? professor robertson: probably two to one. 250,000 here, there. probably because the numbers were smaller. but you have to add another half-million who were mentally or physically disabled by that war. amputated limbs and whatnot. you're talking about a 33% loss. host: knowing what you know now, if you were a southerner back in those days, what side would you have fought on? professor robertson: fought for the south. because states rights were so embedded. this is what a lot of students fail to