{"product_id":"the-rise-and-fall-of-the-confederate-government-volume-2-paperback","title":"The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government: Volume 2 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJefferson Davis\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA decade after his release from Federal prison, the 67-year-old Jefferson Davis--ex-President of the Confederacy, the \"Southern Lincoln,\" popularly regarded as a martyr to the Confederate cause--began work on his monumental \u003ci\u003eRise and Fall of the Confederate Government.\u003c\/i\u003e Motivated partially by his deep-rooted antagonism toward his enemies (both the Northern victors and his Southern detractors), partially by his continuing obsession with the \"cause,\" and partially by his desperate pecuniary and physical condition, Davis devoted three years and extensive research to the writing of what he termed \"an historical sketch of the events which preceded and attended the struggle of the Southern states to maintain their existence and their rights as sovereign communities.\" The result was a perceptive two-volume chronicle, covering the birth, life, and death of the Confederacy, from the Missouri Compromise in 1820, through the tumultuous events of the Civil War, to the readmission of the Southern States to the Congress in the late 1860s. Supplemented with a new historical foreword by the Pulitzer Prize-winning James M. McPherson, \u003ci\u003eThe Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Volume I, \u003c\/i\u003e belongs in the library of anyone interested in the root causes, the personalities, and the events of America's greatest war.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eVolume II of a two-part chronicle covering the birth, life and death of the Confederacy, from the Missouri Compromise in 1820, through the tumultuous events of the Civil War, to the readmission of the Southern States to the U.S. Congress in the late 1860s. This book belongs in the library of anyone interested in the root causes, the personalities, and the events of America's greatest war.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJefferson Davis\u003c\/b\u003e (1808-1889) was an American politician who served as the only President of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 700\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2.13 x 7.87 x 4.88 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 01, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45379339288678,"sku":"9780306804199","price":38.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/U1o5bmtFcFl6R1A2UlpjdUpjZXZUQT09.webp?v=1775037149","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-confederate-government-volume-2-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}