The final months of the Confederacy are examined, with a focus on Jefferson Davis and General John C. Breckinridge. Includes a section of b&w plates at mid-volume. --- A clean, bright, newish book; lacks markings or other apparent damages. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 496 pages.

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Title

An Honorable Defeat: The Last Days of the Confederate Government

Publisher

A Harvest Book/Harcourt, Inc., San Diego

Publication Date

2002

Language

English

ISBN 10

0156007487

ISBN 13

9780156007481

Binding

Trade Paperback

Condition

Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition

No Dust Jacket

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February 1865: The end is clearly in sight for the Confederate government...An Honorable Defeat is the story of the surrender of the South and the assassination of Lincoln by Southern partisans. It is also the story of two men: Jefferson Davis, autocratic president of the Confederate States, who vowed never to surrender whatever the cost; and Gen. John Breckinridge, Secretary of War, who hoped pragmatism would save his shattered land. Noted historian, William Davis traces the astounding flight of these men, and the entire Confederate cabinet from Richmond, Virginia, to a dingy room in a Havana hotel...

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Twice a Pulitzer Prize finalist, historian William C. Davis has written or edited more than forty books. He is chief consultant for the A&E television series Civil War Journal, and Director of Programs at the Virginia Center for Civil War Studies. He lives in Virginia.

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