John Chodes has had twenty articles and three monographs published related to the War for Southern Independence and Reconstruction, otherwise called the Civil War. One monograph outlines how state sovereignty was sacrificed by the Federalization of the school system; the second reminds us that the United States Constitution was ratified only on the basis of secession being an accepted legal alternative if the Federal government over-stepped its mandated powers. The third monograph,
The Union League: Washington’s Klan, describes the Federal government’s agency, the Union League, which equaled or surpassed the Ku Klux Klan in brutality toward Southern freedmen.
His articles, mostly relating to the history of the federalizing of Southern education, culture and property, have appeared in "Chronicles", "The Freeman", "Social Justice Review", "The New York Tribune", "Southern Partisan", and "Southern Events". He is also an accomplished playwright. Mr. Chodes lives and works in New York City.