The Day of the Confederacy: A Chronicle of the Embattled South

Chapter 1

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Chronicles of America Series ? Allen Johnson, Editor Assistant Editors Gerhard R. Lomer Charles W. Jefferys

Abraham Lincoln Edition

New Haven: Yale University Press Toronto: Glasgow, Brook & Co. London: Humphrey Milford Oxford University Press 1919

Copyright, 1919 by Yale University Press

CONTENTS

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 of Chance 130 IX. Desperate Remedies 145 X. Disintegration 165 XI. An Attempted Revolution 183 XII. The Last Word 200 Bibliographical Note 205 Index 209

THE DAY OF THE CONFEDERACY

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