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Loading... An Honorable Defeat: The Last Days of the Confederate Government (edition 2002)by William C. Davis
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. An interesting presentation of the last days of the confederacy. After Lee's surrender, what did happen? Davis's cabinet was not the agreeable group to work together, and this book shows how personality can influence public opinion. ( ) no reviews | add a review
In February 1865, the end was clearly in sight for the Confederate government.An Honorable Defeat is the story of the four months that saw the surrender of the South and the assassination of Lincoln by Southern partisans. It is also the story of two men, antagonists yet political partners, who struggled to achieve their own differing visions for the South: Jefferson Davis, the autocratic president of the Confederate States, who vowed never to surrender whatever the cost; and the practical and warm General John C. Breckinridge, Secretary of War, who hoped pragmatism would save the shattered remnants of the land he loved so dearly. Noted historian William C. Davis traces the astounding flight of these men, and the entire Confederate cabinet, from Richmond. Using original research, he narrates the futile quarrels of Davis and Breckinridge as they try to evade Northern pursuers and describes their eventual--and separate--captures. The result is a rich canvas of a time of despair and defeat, a charged tale full of physical adventure and political battle that sweeps from the marble halls of Richmond to a dingy room in aHavana hotel. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)973.71History and Geography North America United States Administration of Abraham Lincoln, 1861-1865 Civil War Political history; causes, resultsLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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