Confederate Spirit - Leather Bound Limited EditionThe Confederate Spirit Valor, Sacrifice, and Honor The Paintings of Mort Knstler Text by Dr. James I. Robertson, Jr. The Confederate States of America lasted less than five violent years, but its memory has survived for over 150. The Confederate Spirit is the story not of the Confederacys chronology, but of its people leaders and commoners who became its legends. It is the story not of the Confederacys ideology but of its determination and spirit. The