The Day of the Confederacy
A Chronicle of the Embattled South
Volume 30 of the
Chronicles of America Series
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Allen Johnson, Editor
Assistant Editors
Gerhard R. Lomer
Charles W. Jefferys
Abraham Lincoln Edition
New Haven: Yale University Press
Toronto: Glasgow, Brook & Co.
London: Humphrey Milford
Oxford University Press
1919
ii Copyright, 1919
by Yale University Press
CONTENTS
| Chapter | Chapter Title | Page |
|---|---|---|
| I. | The Secession Movement | 1 |
| II. | The Davis Government | 24 |
| III. | The Fall of King Cotton | 45 |
| IV. | Reaction Against Richmond | 58 |
| V. | The Critical Year | 87 |
| VI. | Life in the Confederacy | 99 |
| VII. | The Turning of the Tide | 112 |
| VIII. | A Game of Chance | 130 |
| IX. | Desperate Remedies | 145 |
| X. | Disintegration | 165 |
| XI. | An Attempted Revolution | 183 |
| XII. | The Last Word | 200 |
| Bibliographical Note | 205 | |
| Index | 209 |
The Secession Movement
Thesecession movement had three distinct stages. The first, beginning with the news that Lincoln was elected, closed with the news, sent br