The Real Jefferson Davis

About this eBook

Author

Knight, Landon

Credits

Produced by The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive.)

Language

English

LoC Class

E456: History: America: Civil War period (1861-1865)

Subject

Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889

Category

Text

eBook-No.

43979

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/43979

Release Date

October 19, 2013

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE REAL JEFFERSON DAVIS
2. 2.DEDICATION
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.ILLUSTRATIONS
5. 5.PREFACE
6. 6.I. Birth and Education
7. 7.II. Service in the Army
8. 8.III. His Life at Briarfield
9. 9.IV. First Appearance in Politics
10. 10.V. Enters Mexican War
11. 11.VI. The Hero of Buena Vista
12. 12.VII. Enters the Senate
13. 13.VIII. Becomes Secretary of War
14. 14.IX. He Re-enters the Senate
15. 15.X. Still Hoped to Save the Union
16. 16.XI. President of the Confederacy
17. 17.XII. His First Inaugural
18. 18.XIII. Delays and Blunders
19. 19.XIV. The Bombardment of Sumter
20. 20.XV. Conditions in the South
21. 21.XVI. The First Battle
22. 22.XVII. A Lost Opportunity
23. 23.XVIII. The Quarrel with Johnston
24. 24.XIX. The Battle of Shiloh
25. 25.XX. The Seven Days of Battle
26. 26.XXI. Butler’s Infamous Order 28
27. 27.XXII. Mental Imperfections
28. 28.XXIII. Blunders of the Western Army
29. 29.XXIV. Davis and Gettysburg
30. 30.XXV. The Chief of a Heroic People
31. 31.XXVI. Sherman and Johnston
32. 32.XXVII. Mr. Davis’ Humanity
33. 33.XXVIII. General Lee’s Surrender
34. 34.XXIX. The Capture of Davis
35. 35.XXX. A Nation’s Shame
36. 36.XXXI. Efforts to Execute Mr. Davis
37. 37.XXXII. Indictment of Mr. Davis
38. 38.XXXIII. Why Davis Was Not Tried for Treason
39. 39.XXXIV. Freedom, Reverses, Beauvoir
40. 40.XXXV. Death of Mr. Davis

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