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An essay is presented which discusses the U.S. Southern States secessionists' support for the Confederate States of America prior to and during the U.S. Civil War, including in regard to secessionists' support for Confederate nationalism, the U.S. Monroe Doctrine and a desire to expand slavery through developing a U.S. empire. Confederate President Jefferson Davis' desire to expand slavery throughout Latin America is discussed.

Information about several topics discussed at the annual meeting of the U.S. Southern Historical Association held in Charlotte, North Carolina in early 2011 is presented. Topics included the U.S. secession crisis of 1860 and 1861, the history of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), and the book "General Lee's Army: From Victory to Collapse" by Joseph T. Glatthaar. The conference featured historians including Daniel E. Sutherland, Heather Ann Thompson, and William J. Cooper, Jr.

The article presents a speech by historian William J. Cooper Jr., delivered at the annual meeting of the Southern Historical Association held in Charlotte, North Carolina on November 5, 2010, in which he discussed the secession crisis of 1860 and 1861, focusing especially on the book "The Road to Disunion, Volume 2: Secessionists Triumphant, 1854-1861," by William W. Freehling, as well as providing a historiography of studies of the crisis of the Union.