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The Day of the Confederacy Chapter Chapter Title Page I. The Secession Movement 1 II. The Davis Government 24 III. The Fall of King Cotton 45 IV. Reaction Against Richmond 58 V. The Critical Year 87 VI. Life in the Confederacy 99 VII. The Turning of the Tide 112 VIII. A Game o...
A popular revulsion of feeling preceded and followed the great period of Confederate history--these six months of Titanic effort which embraced between March and September, 1862...
2. Chapter 2The secession movement had three distinct stages. The first, beginning with the news that Lincoln was elected, closed with the news, sent broadcast over the South from Charlesto...
3. Chapter 3It has never been explained why Jefferson Davis was chosen President of the Confederacy. He did not seek the office and did not wish it. He dreamed of high military command. As...
13. Chapter 13The evacuation of Richmond broke the back of the Confederate defense. Congress had adjourned. The legislative history of the Confederacy was at an end. The executive history sti...
10. Chapter 10The loss of Atlanta was the signal for another conflict of authority within the Confederacy. Georgia was now in the condition in which Alabama had found herself in the previous...
11. Chapter 11While these factions, despite their disagreements, were making valiant efforts to carry on the war, other factions were stealthily cutting the ground from under them. There were...
8. Chapter 8The buoyancy of the Southern temper withstood the shock of Gettysburg and was not overcome by the fall of Vicksburg. Of the far-reaching significance of the latter catastrophe i...
12. Chapter 12Almost from the moment when the South had declared its independence voices had been raised in favor of arming the negroes. The rejection of a plan to accomplish this was one of...
9. Chapter 9With dramatic completeness in the summer and autumn of 1864, the foundations of the Confederate hope one after another gave way. Among the causes of this catastrophe was the fai...
7. Chapter 7When the fortunes of the Confederacy in both camp and council began to ebb, the life of the Southern people had already profoundly changed. The gallant, delightful, care-free li...
4. Chapter 4While the Confederate Executive was building up its military establishment, the Treasury was struggling with the problem of paying for it. The problem was destined to become ins...
6. Chapter 6The great military events of the year 1863 have pushed out of men's memories the less dramatic but scarcely less important civil events. To begin with, in this year two of the g...
1. Chapter 1The Day of the Confederacy Chapter Chapter Title Page I. The Secession Movement 1 II. The Davis Government 24 III. The Fall of King Cotton 45 IV. Reaction Against Richmond 58 V....