Book Cover of The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Volume 1B

The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Volume 1B

by Jefferson Davis

This is the story of developments that lead to the American Civil War. It was not a war over slavery; it was a war over states' rights.

Book Details

Author

Jefferson Davis  image

Jefferson Davis

United States

Jefferson Finis Davis was an American politician who served as the president of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865. As a member of the Democratic Party, he represented Mississippi in the United...

More on Jefferson Davis

Listen/Download Audiobook

Read by:
00:00
Playback Speed 1.0
00:00
  • Select Speed

Related books

The American Book of the Dog Cover image

The American Book of the Dog by Various

In the heart of the United States lies a treasure trove of untold tales, a compilation of canine chronicles that weave together a captivating narrativ...

Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 3: Mary Stuart Cover image

Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 3: Mary Stuart by Alexandre Dumas

The contents of these volumes of 'Celebrated Crimes', as well as the motives which led to their inception, are unique. They are a series of stories ba...

History of the Civil War, 1861-1865 Cover image

History of the Civil War, 1861-1865 by James Ford Rhodes

Superbly written, this overview of the Civil War, won a Pulitzer Prize in History in 1918. Rhodes covers not only the battles and the generals of the...

The Military Journals of Two Private Soldiers, 1758-1775 Cover image

The Military Journals of Two Private Soldiers, 1758-1775 by Abraham Tomlinson

"Perceiving that much of the intrinsic value of these Journals would consist in a proper understanding of the historical facts to which allusions are...

Thirty Years A Slave  Cover image

Thirty Years A Slave by Louis Hughes

In Thirty Years A Slave Hughes provides vivid descriptions and explicit accounts of how the McGee plantation in Mississippi, and the McGee mansion in...

Now It Can Be Told Cover image

Now It Can Be Told by Philip Gibbs

In this book I have written about some aspects of the war which, I believe, the world must know and remember, not only as a memorial of men's courage...

War Stories for My Grandchildren Cover image

War Stories for My Grandchildren by John Watson Foster

A fascinating collection of war stories from a Civil War veteran, told to his grandchildren. In War Stories for My Grandchildren, John Watson Foster...

My Hunt After 'The Captain' Cover image

My Hunt After 'The Captain' by Oliver Wendell Holmes

Holmes describes his frantic search through Civil War torn landscapes for his wounded son, the future Supreme Court Justice. Originally published in T...

Gun Running for Casement Cover image

Gun Running for Casement by Karl Spindler

Embark on a pulse-pounding journey into the shadows of history with "Gun Running for Casement" by Karl Spindler. In the heart of World War I's chaos,...

The History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 5, Chapter 25) Cover image

The History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 5, Chapter 25) by Thomas Babington Macaulay

This is volume 5, chapter 25 of a series of books written by the Baron Macaulay (1800-1859) and published after his death.

Reviews for The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Volume 1B

No reviews posted or approved, yet...