""A Defense of Virginia, and Through Her, of the South, in Recent and Pending Contests Against the Sectional Party"" is a book written by Robert Lewis Dabney in 1867. It is a passionate defense of the southern states during the American Civil War, and argues that the South was fighting for its own independence and that the North was attempting to impose its will on the South.Dabney was a Presbyterian minister and theologian who lived in Virginia during...