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The collapse of the Confederacy
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Mark Grimsley,Brooks D. Simpson |
"The final months of the Confederacy offer fascinating opportunities - as a case study in war termination, as a period that shaped the initial circumstances of Reconstruction, and as a lens through w… |
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Embattled Rebel
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James M. McPherson |
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Battle Cry of Freedom, this book is a powerful new reckoning with Jefferson Davis as military commander of the Confederacy. History has not been kind to Jeff… |
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Confederate Cabinet Departments and Secretaries
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Dennis L. Peterson |
Thousands of books have been written covering every aspect of the Civil War. Yet scant attention has been given to the civilian government of the Confederacy. The most recent book on the subject was … |
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Jefferson Davis, Confederate president
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Herman Hattaway |
"He was one of the most embattled heads of state in American history. Charged with building a new nation while waging a war for its very independence, he accepted his responsibilities reluctantly but… |
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Confederate Emancipation
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Bruce Levine |
In early 1864, as the Confederate Army of Tennessee licked its wounds after being routed at the Battle of Chattanooga, Major-General Patrick Cleburne (the "Stonewall of the West") proposed that "the … |
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