Nathanial Polk Deshong was my great grandfather. He is representative of the spirit of independence of the true south and of the reason they went to war. I feel honored to be his great grandson and believe it is my duty to live up to his legacy. The movie, "Gods and Generals" is a GREAT movie concerning the reasons each side fought the war. As Jeff Davis said, "history will prove we were right". The Articles of Confederation which treated each state as an independent sovereign nation were the right path to individual freedoms. The enactment of the constitution (constitutor = transfer of the debt) was the beginning of the forfeiting of those individuals freedoms. Long live the Confederate States of America!