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An honorable defeat : the last days of the Confederate government

Title

An honorable defeat : the last days of the Confederate government / William C. Davis.

Author

Davis, William C., 1946-

Publication

New York, New York : Harcourt, ©2001.
©2001

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Description

xiv, 496 pages, [16] of plates : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

"By February 1865, the end was clearly in sight for the Confederate government. Lee's defeat at Gettysburg had dashed the hopes of its army, and Grant's victory at Vicksburg had cut the South in two. An Honorable Defeat is the story of the four months that saw the surrender of the South and the assassination of Abraham Lincoln by Southern partisans. It is also the story of two men, antagonists yet political partners, who struggled to achieve their own differing visions: Jefferson Davis, autocratic president of the Confederate States, who vowed never to surrender whatever the cost, and his secretary of war, General John C. Breckinridge, who hoped pragmatism would save the shattered remnants of the land he so loved ... William C. Davis traces the astounding journey of these men, and the entire Confederate cabinet, as they fled Richmond by train, then by mule, then on foot. Using original research, he narrates, with dramatic style and clear historical accuracy, the futile quarrels of the two men as they continued their flight from their eventual fate."--Jacket.

Alternative Title

Last days of the Confederate government

Subjects

Genre/Form

History.

Note

Maps on lining paper.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 459-478) and index.

Contents

Introduction: Ends and beginnings -- "The responsibility of action" -- "Let it not end in a farce" -- "A very troublesome elephant"-- "The shadows of misfortune" -- "I cannot feel like a beaten man" -- "We are falling to pieces" -- "All Is lost but our honor" -- "The Confederate government Is dissolved" -- "This, I suppose, Is the end of the Confederacy"-- "This maze of enemies" -- "The last hope Is gone" -- "We all felt profoundly grateful" -- Aftermath: "When all these wounds are healed."

ISBN

0151005648
9780151005642
0156007487
9780156007481

LCCN

00046143

OCLC

ocm45002147
45002147
SCSB-1213341

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library