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BIRTH--EDUCATION--AT WEST POINT--IN THE ARMY--RETIREMENT--POLITICAL TRAINING IN AMERICA--MR. DAVIS NOT EDUCATED FOR POLITICAL LIFE AFTER THE AMERICAN MODEL--BEGINS HIS POLITICAL CAREER BY A SPEECH AT THE MISSISSIPPI DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION--A GLANCE PROSPECTIVELY AT HIS FUTURE P...
RETURN OF MR. DAVIS TO THE SENATE--OPENING EVENTS OF MR. BUCHANAN'S ADMINISTRATION--TRUE INTERPRETATION OF THE LEGISLATION OF 1854-- SENATOR DOUGLAS THE INSTRUMENT OF DISORGANIZ...
29. CHAPTER VII.ELECTION OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN--HISTORICAL IMPORTANCE OF THE EVENT--THE OBJECTS AIMED AT BY HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY IDENTICAL IN THE DISCUSSION OF EVENTS OF THE LATE WAR--NORTHERN EV...
44. CHAPTER XXII.MOTIVE OF MR. DAVIS' ARREST--AN AFTER-THOUGHT OF STANTON AND THE BUREAU OF MILITARY JUSTICE--THE EMBARRASSMENT PRODUCED BY HIS CAPTURE--THE INFAMOUS CHARGES AGAINST HIM--WHY MR....
33. CHAPTER XI.PROSPECTS AT THE BEGINNING OF 1862--EXTREME CONFIDENCE OF THE SOUTH-- EXTRAVAGANT EXPECTATIONS--THE RICHMOND EXAMINER ON CONFEDERATE PROSPECTS--WAR BETWEEN ENGLAND AND THE UNITE...
30. CHAPTER VIII.THE CONFEDERACY ESTABLISHED AND IN OPERATION--CALMNESS AND MODERATION OF THE SOUTH--THE MONTGOMERY CONSTITUTION--THE IMPROVEMENTS UPON THE FEDERAL INSTRUMENT--POPULAR DELIGHT AT...
39. CHAPTER XVII.AN EFFORT TO BLACKEN THE CHARACTER OF THE SOUTH--THE PERSECUTION OF MR. DAVIS AS THE SUBSTITUTE FOR THE ASSUMED OFFENSES OF THE SOUTH-- REPUTATION OF THE SOUTH FOR HUMANITY--TRE...
32. CHAPTER X.CHARACTERISTICS OF THE WAR IN 1861--THE TWO GOVERNMENTS MORE DIRECTLY CONNECTED WITH RESULTS IN THE FIELD THAN AT SUBSEQUENT PERIODS--MR. DAVIS' CONNECTION WITH THE MILITARY POL...
35. CHAPTER XIII.THE "ANACONDA SYSTEM"--HOW FAR IT WAS SUCCESSFUL--TERRITORIAL CONFIGURATION OF THE SOUTH FAVORABLE TO THE ENEMY--ONE THEATRE OF WAR FAVORABLE TO THE CONFEDERATES--THE FEDERAL FO...
40. CHAPTER XVIII.INDICATIONS OF POPULAR FEELING AT THE BEGINNING OF 1864--APATHY AND DESPONDENCY OF THE NORTH--IMPROVED FEELING IN THE CONFEDERACY--THE PROBLEM OF ENDURANCE--PREPARATIONS OF THE...
36. CHAPTER XIV.RESPECT OF MANKIND FOR THE SOUTH--THE MOST PROSPEROUS PERIOD OF THE WAR--HOW MR. DAVIS CONTRIBUTED TO THE DISTINCTION OF THE SOUTH-- FACTION SILENCED--THE EUROPEAN ESTIMATE OF J...
34. CHAPTER XII.POPULAR DELUSIONS IN THE EARLY STAGES OF THE WAR--A FEW CONFLICTS AND SACRIFICES NOT SUFFICIENT--MORE POSITIVE RECOGNITION OF MR. DAVIS' VIEWS--HIS CANDID AND PROPHETIC ANNOUNCE...
31. CHAPTER IX.EVENTS CONSEQUENT UPON THE BOMBARDMENT OF FORT SUMTER--MR. LINCOLN BEGINS THE WAR BY USURPATION--THE BORDER STATES--CONTINUED DUPLICITY OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT--VIRGINIA JOINS...
42. CHAPTER XX.INCIDENTS ON THE LINES OF RICHMOND AND PETERSBURG DURING THE SUMMER AND AUTUMN--CAPTURE OF FORT HARRISON--OTHER DEMONSTRATIONS BY GRANT--THE SITUATION NEAR THE CONFEDERATE CAPIT...
37. CHAPTER XV.CONFEDERATE PROSPECTS AFTER THE BATTLE OF CHANCELLORSVILLE--THE MILITARY SITUATION--PRIMARY OBJECTS OF THE CONFEDERATES--AFFAIRS IN THE WEST--A BRIEF CONSIDERATION OF SEVERAL PL...
41. CHAPTER XIX.DISAPPOINTMENT AT RESULTS OF THE GEORGIA CAMPAIGN--HOW FAR IT WAS PARALLEL WITH THE VIRGINIA CAMPAIGN--DIFFERENT TACTICS ON BOTH SIDES--REMOVAL OF GENERAL JOHNSTON--THE EXPLANAT...
43. CHAPTER XXI.MILITARY OPERATIONS IN THE EARLY PART OF 1865--LAST PHASE OF THE MILITARY POLICY OF THE CONFEDERACY--THE PLAN TO CRUSH SHERMAN--CALM DEMEANOR OF PRESIDENT DAVIS--CHEERFULNESS OF...
38. CHAPTER XVI.OPERATION'S OF GENERAL TAYLOR IN LOUISIANA--THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY IRRECOVERABLY LOST TO THE CONFEDERACY--FEDERALS FOILED AT CHARLESTON--THE DIMINISHED CONFIDENCE OF THE SOUTH--...
25. CHAPTER III.THE NAME OF JEFFERSON DAVIS INSEPARABLE FROM THE HISTORY OF THE MEXICAN WAR--HIS ESSENTIALLY MILITARY CHARACTER AND TASTES--JOINS GENERAL TAYLOR'S ARMY ON THE RIO GRANDE, AS COL...
26. CHAPTER IV.MR. DAVIS IN THE UNITED STATES SENATE, FIRST BY EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENT, AND SUBSEQUENTLY BY UNANIMOUS CHOICE OF THE LEGISLATURE OF HIS STATE--POPULAR ADMIRATION NOT LESS FOR HIS...
24. CHAPTER II.RESULTS OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN 1844--MR. DAVIS ELECTED TO CONGRESS--HIS FIRST SESSION--PROMINENT MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE--DOUGLAS, HUNTER, SEDDON, ETC.--DAVIS' RAPID ADVANCEME...
27. CHAPTER V.OPPOSITION TO THE COMPROMISE IN SOUTH CAROLINA AND MISSISSIPPI--DAVIS A CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR--HIS DEFEAT REALLY A PERSONAL TRIUMPH--IN RETIREMENT, SUPPORTS GENERAL PIERCE'S EL...
23. CHAPTER I.BIRTH--EDUCATION--AT WEST POINT--IN THE ARMY--RETIREMENT--POLITICAL TRAINING IN AMERICA--MR. DAVIS NOT EDUCATED FOR POLITICAL LIFE AFTER THE AMERICAN MODEL--BEGINS HIS POLITICAL...
22. CHAPTER XXII. (Page 637-645.)MOTIVE OF MR. DAVIS' ARREST--AN AFTER-THOUGHT OF STANTON AND THE BUREAU OF MILITARY JUSTICE--THE EMBARRASSMENT PRODUCED BY HIS CAPTURE--THE INFAMOUS CHARGES AGAINST HIM--WHY MR....
14. CHAPTER XIV. (Page 422-449.)RESPECT OF MANKIND FOR THE SOUTH--THE MOST PROSPEROUS PERIOD OF THE WAR--HOW MR. DAVIS CONTRIBUTED TO THE DISTINCTION OF THE SOUTH-- FACTION SILENCED--THE EUROPEAN ESTIMATE OF J...
7. CHAPTER VII. (Page 192-232.)ELECTION OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN--HISTORICAL IMPORTANCE OF THE EVENT--THE OBJECTS AIMED AT BY HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY IDENTICAL IN THE DISCUSSION OF EVENTS OF THE LATE WAR--NORTHERN EV...
13. CHAPTER XIII. (Page 390-421.)THE "ANACONDA SYSTEM"--HOW FAR IT WAS SUCCESSFUL--TERRITORIAL CONFIGURATION OF THE SOUTH FAVORABLE TO THE ENEMY--ONE THEATRE OF WAR FAVORABLE TO THE CONFEDERATES--THE FEDERAL FO...
11. CHAPTER XI. (Page 326-360.)PROSPECTS AT THE BEGINNING OF 1862--EXTREME CONFIDENCE OF THE SOUTH--EXTRAVAGANT EXPECTATIONS--THE RICHMOND EXAMINER ON CONFEDERATE PROSPECTS--WAR BETWEEN ENGLAND AND THE UNITED...
12. CHAPTER XII. (Page 361-389.)POPULAR DELUSIONS IN THE EARLY STAGES OF THE WAR--A FEW CONFLICTS AND SACRIFICES NOT SUFFICIENT--MORE POSITIVE RECOGNITION OF MR. DAVIS' VIEWS--HIS CANDID AND PROPHETIC ANNOUNCE...
18. CHAPTER XVIII. (Page 533-562.)INDICATIONS OF POPULAR FEELING AT THE BEGINNING OF 1864--APATHY AND DESPONDENCY OF THE NORTH--IMPROVED FEELING IN THE CONFEDERACY--THE PROBLEM OF ENDURANCE--PREPARATIONS OF THE...
17. CHAPTER XVII. (Page 502-532.)AN EFFORT TO BLACKEN THE CHARACTER OF THE SOUTH--THE PERSECUTION OF MR. DAVIS AS THE SUBSTITUTE FOR THE ASSUMED OFFENSES OF THE SOUTH--REPUTATION OF THE SOUTH FOR HUMANITY--TREA...
6. CHAPTER VI. (Page 98-191.)RETURN OF MR. DAVIS TO THE SENATE--OPENING EVENTS OF MR. BUCHANAN'S ADMINISTRATION--TRUE INTERPRETATION OF THE LEGISLATION OF 1854--SENATOR DOUGLAS THE INSTRUMENT OF DISORGANIZA...
15. CHAPTER XV. (Page 450-476.)CONFEDERATE PROSPECTS AFTER THE BATTLE OF CHANCELLORSVILLE--THE MILITARY SITUATION--PRIMARY OBJECTS OF THE CONFEDERATES--AFFAIRS IN THE WEST--A BRIEF CONSIDERATION OF SEVERAL PL...
16. CHAPTER XVI. (Page 477-501.)OPERATIONS OF GENERAL TAYLOR IN LOUISIANA--THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY IRRECOVERABLY LOST TO THE CONFEDERACY--FEDERALS FOILED AT CHARLESTON--THE DIMINISHED CONFIDENCE OF THE SOUTH--F...
9. CHAPTER IX. (Page 266-293.)EVENTS CONSEQUENT UPON THE BOMBARDMENT OF FORT SUMTER--MR. LINCOLN BEGINS THE WAR BY USURPATION--THE BORDER STATES--CONTINUED DUPLICITY OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT--VIRGINIA JOINS...
20. CHAPTER XX. (Page 590-613.)INCIDENTS ON THE LINES OF RICHMOND AND PETERSBURG DURING THE SUMMER AND AUTUMN--CAPTURE OF FORT HARRISON--OTHER DEMONSTRATIONS BY GRANT--THE SITUATION NEAR THE CONFEDERATE CAPIT...
8. CHAPTER VIII. (Page 233-265.)THE CONFEDERACY ESTABLISHED AND IN OPERATION--CALMNESS AND MODERATION OF THE SOUTH--THE MONTGOMERY CONSTITUTION--THE IMPROVEMENTS UPON THE FEDERAL INSTRUMENT--POPULAR DELIGHT AT...
4. CHAPTER IV. (Page 68-84.)MR. DAVIS IN THE UNITED STATES SENATE, FIRST BY EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENT, AND SUBSEQUENTLY BY UNANIMOUS CHOICE OF THE LEGISLATURE OF HIS STATE--POPULAR ADMIRATION NOT LESS FOR HIS...
10. CHAPTER X. (Page 294-325.)CHARACTERISTICS OF THE WAR IN 1861--THE TWO GOVERNMENTS MORE DIRECTLY CONNECTED WITH RESULTS IN THE FIELD THAN AT SUBSEQUENT PERIODS--MR. DAVIS' CONNECTION WITH THE MILITARY POL...
19. CHAPTER XIX. (Page 563-589.)DISAPPOINTMENT AT RESULTS OF THE GEORGIA CAMPAIGN--HOW FAR IT WAS PARALLEL WITH THE VIRGINIA CAMPAIGN--DIFFERENT TACTICS ON BOTH SIDES--REMOVAL OF GENERAL JOHNSTON--THE EXPLANAT...
21. CHAPTER XXI. (Page 614-636.)MILITARY OPERATIONS IN THE EARLY PART OF 1865--LAST PHASE OF THE MILITARY POLICY OF THE CONFEDERACY--THE PLAN TO CRUSH SHERMAN--CALM DEMEANOR OF PRESIDENT DAVIS--CHEERFULNESS OF...
1. CHAPTER I. (Page 20-33.)BIRTH--EDUCATION--AT WEST POINT--IN THE ARMY--RETIREMENT--POLITICAL TRAINING IN AMERICA--MR. DAVIS NOT EDUCATED FOR POLITICAL LIFE AFTER THE AMERICAN MODEL--BEGINS HIS POLITICAL...
3. CHAPTER III. (Page 49-67.)THE NAME OF JEFFERSON DAVIS INSEPARABLE FROM THE HISTORY OF THE MEXICAN WAR--HIS ESSENTIALLY MILITARY CHARACTER AND TASTES--JOINS GENERAL TAYLOR'S ARMY ON THE RIO GRANDE, AS COL...
2. CHAPTER II. (Page 34-48.)RESULTS OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN 1844--MR. DAVIS ELECTED TO CONGRESS--HIS FIRST SESSION--PROMINENT MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE--DOUGLAS, HUNTER, SEDDON, ETC.--DAVIS' RAPID ADVANCEME...
5. CHAPTER V. (Page 85-97.)OPPOSITION TO THE COMPROMISE IN SOUTH CAROLINA AND MISSISSIPPI--DAVIS A CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR--HIS DEFEAT REALLY A PERSONAL TRIUMPH--IN RETIREMENT, SUPPORTS GENERAL PIERCE'S EL...