An Honorable Defeat: The Last Days of the Confederate GovernmentFebruary 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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... Irwinville , and one or two fired at him . He re- turned their fire , but he easily outdistanced them on his horse , then rode hard for Florida . Some days later he reached the In- dian River , to find his boat waiting . He had it made ...
... Irwinville , and one or two fired at him . He re- turned their fire , but he easily outdistanced them on his horse , then rode hard for Florida . Some days later he reached the In- dian River , to find his boat waiting . He had it made ...
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... Irwinville , Federal troopers rode up the drive of Vice President Alexander H. Stephens's home " Liberty Hall , " at Crawfordville , just twenty miles south of Washington . Disen- chanted with Davis early in the war , the vice president ...
... Irwinville , Federal troopers rode up the drive of Vice President Alexander H. Stephens's home " Liberty Hall , " at Crawfordville , just twenty miles south of Washington . Disen- chanted with Davis early in the war , the vice president ...
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... Irwinville . Barn- well's uncle Major Thomas Osborn Barnwell lived there , a ref- ugee from South Carolina , and in his rude home they took refuge to rest for a couple of days , Wood even chancing a walk into Valdosta to buy some ...
... Irwinville . Barn- well's uncle Major Thomas Osborn Barnwell lived there , a ref- ugee from South Carolina , and in his rude home they took refuge to rest for a couple of days , Wood even chancing a walk into Valdosta to buy some ...
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