When authors give shout outs to other great works, people, and events, it's usually not accidental. Put on your super-sleuth hat and figure out why.
Literary and Philosophical References
- Antaeus (57.8)
- Michael William Balfe, The Bohemian Girl (41.137)
- Edward Bulwer-Lytton (41.158)
- Lord Byron (41.158)
- Cain (36.69)
- Croesus (29.173)
- Robinson Crusoe (25.54)
- Charles Dickens (41.158)
- Angel Gabriel (38.82)
- Haman (34.135)
- Judas (17.81)
- Richard Lovelace, "To Lucasta, Going to the Warres " (23.160)
- Matthew 25:21 (28.9)
- Thomas Moore (3.17)
- Pharisees (53.125)
- Plagues of Egypt (1.24)
- Robin Hood (43.148)
- Victor Hugo, Les Misérables (45.107)
- Samson (6.238)
- William Shakespeare (41.158 first reference)
- William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar (47.257)
- William Shakespeare, Macbeth (41.160; 47.61)
- William Shakespeare, The Tempest (43.156)
- Stentor (a herald in Greek mythology) (4.95)
- Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom's Cabin (38.57)
Historical References
- Abolitionists (1.148)
- General P.G.T. Beauregard (1.15 first reference)
- Napoleon Bonaparte (6.120)
- Joe Brown (Governor of Georgia) (16.8)
- Rufus Bullock (Republican Governor of Georgia ) (47.231 first reference)
- Bull Run (12.1)
- The Borgias (6.126)
- Carpetbaggers (31.41 first reference)
- Cavaliers (40.93)
- Thomas Reade Roots Cobb (14.8)
- Confederacy (1.13 first reference)
- Oliver Cromwell (17.124)
- Jefferson Davis (9.82 first reference)
- Robert Emmett (4.58)
- First Triumvirate of Rome (8.33)
- Nathan Bedford Forrest (12.1 first reference)
- Fort Mims massacre (26.141)
- Fort Sumter (1.15 first reference)
- Freedmen's Bureau (31.31)
- Gettysburg (14.16 first reference)
- John B. Gordon (Confederate General from Georgia ) (48.159 first reference)
- Ulysses S. Grant (16.6 first reference)
- William J. Hardee (21.81)
- John Bell Hood (18.37 first reference)
- Huguenot (40.93)
- Stonewall Jackson (9.74 first reference)
- Frank and Jesse James (48.2)
- Joe Johnston (17.2)
- Robert E. Lee (9.65 first reference)
- Steve Lee (24.4 first reference)
- Abraham Lincoln (1.13 first reference)
- Lucullus (17.14)
- Mexican War (6.106 first reference)
- John Hunt Morgan (12.1)
- William Quantrill (48.2)
- Paul Revere (27.90)
- Revolutionary War (11.19 first reference)
- Abram Joseph Ryan (41.159)
- Scallawags (31.41 first reference)
- Seminole War (6.106)
- Seven Days Battle (9.74)
- Philip Sheridan (16.6)
- William Tecumseh Sherman (16.6)
- Alexander H. Stephens (9.82 first reference)
- Abel Streight (14.4)
- Charles Edward Stuart, the Stuart Prince (3.12 first reference)
- Jeb Stuart (Confederate General) (15.18)
- Thermopylae (17.31)
- William Walker (48.2)
- William of Orange (3.12 first reference)
Pop Culture References
- "Dixie" (throughout)
- "Go Down, Moses"
- "Lorena"