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10) Jefferson Davis
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Traces the life of Jefferson Davis, who graduated from West Point and served in the Army and the House of Representatives before becoming President of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War.
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"West Point graduate, secretary of war under President Pierce, U.S. senator from Mississippi - how was it that this statesman and patriot came to be president of the Confederacy, leading the struggle to destroy the United States? This is the question at the center of William Cooper's biography of Jefferson Davis. Basing his account on the massive archival record left by Davis and his family and associates, Cooper delves not only into the events of...
12) Jefferson Davis
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Follows the life of the president of the Confederate States of America, tracing events from his childhood, through secession and Civil War, to his life following the conflict.
13) Jefferson Davis
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A biography of the man who was the president of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War.
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"Felicity Allen begins this work with Davis's political imprisonment at the end of the Civil War and flashes back to his earlier life, interweaving Davis's private life as a schoolboy, a Mississippi planter, a husband, a father, and a political leader. She follows him from West Point through army service on the frontier, his election to the U.S. House of Representatives, his regimental command in the Mexican War, his service as U.S. secretary of war...
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A study in how governments can self-destruct during wartime. For more than a century, the conventional wisdom has been that the South lost because of overwhelming Union strength and bad luck. The Confederates have been lionized as noble warriors who fought for an honorable cause with little chance of succeeding. But historian Eicher reveals a calamity of political conspiracy, discord, and dysfunction. Drawing on previously unexplored sources, Eicher...
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"In this, the first dual biography of the two leaders, Bruce Chadwick argues that one of several reasons why the North won and the South lost can be found in the drastically different characters of the two presidents. The electric and flexible personality of Lincoln enabled him to build coalitions among warring political factions and become one of the strongest and most successful presidents in U.S. history. The inability of the uncompromising Davis...
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"In his masterpiece, Jefferson Davis, American, William J. Cooper, Jr., crafted a definitive biography and established himself as the foremost scholar on the Confederate president. Cooper narrows his focus considerably in Jefferson Davis and the Civil War Era, training his eye specifically on Davis's participation in and influence on events central to the American Civil War. Nine self-contained essays address how Davis reacted to and dealt with a...
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"The plot to ride into Richmond and capture Jefferson Davis was concocted by three brash adventurers, all Frenchmen and formerly ofd'Epineuil's Zouaves. Using pseudonyms from The Three Musketeers, Alexander Dumas's novel of adventure and intrigue, the young men soon ar involved in similar escapades as they travel into the heart of the "Confederacy". -- Jacket.