Atlanta Stories: Fables of the New South

"The New South is enamored of her new work. Her soul is stirred with the breath of a new life. The light of a grander day is falling fair on her face. She is thrilling with the consciousness of growing power and prosperity."

- Henry W. Grady, "The New South" (Delivered 22 December 1886)

With those words, Henry W. Grady began the task of rehabilitating the reputation of the former Confederate States of America, crafting them into a modern utopia that was no more real than the glorified "Old S...