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An Honorable Defeat: The Last Days of the Confederate Government
An Honorable Defeat The Last Days of the Confederate Government
Author: William C. Davis
In February 1865, the end was clearly in sight for the Confederate government. Lee's defeat at Gettysburg had dashed the hopes of the Confederate 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 Lincoln by South...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780151005642
ISBN-10: 0151005648
Publication Date: 6/4/2001
Pages: 512
Edition: 1st ed
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Publisher: Harcourt
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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This is an excellent coverage of the final days of the Confederate government. The parts I enjoyed most were the descriptions of how the last of the Confederacy's treasury was divided among those who were entitled to it and those who weren't, plus the fascinating tales of their separate escapes to Cuba by John Breckinridge and Judah Benjamin.

If you enjoy this book, make sure you also read "A Government of Our Own," which relates the first few months of the Confederate government. Between the two of them, you will wonder how the Confederacy lasted as long as it did.


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