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100 1  Davis, William C.,|d1946- 
245 13 An honorable defeat :|bthe last days of the Confederate 
       government /|cWilliam C. Davis. 
250    First edition. 
264  1 New York :|bHarcourt,|c[2001] 
264  4 |c©2001 
300    xiv, 496 pages, [16] of plates :|billustrations ;|c24 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
500    Maps on lining paper. 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 459-478) and 
       index. 
505 00 |tIntroduction: Ends and Beginnings|gxiii --|gChapter 1
       |t"The Responsibility of Action"|g1 --|gChapter 2|t"Let It
       Not End in a Farce"|g36 --|gChapter 3|t"A Very Troublesome
       Elephant"|g70 --|gChapter 4|t"The Shadows of Misfortune"
       |g95 --|gChapter 5|t"I Cannot Feel Like a Beaten Man"|g125
       --|gChapter 6|t"We Are Falling to Pieces"|g169 --|gChapter
       7|t"All Is Lost but Our Honor"|g201 --|gChapter 8|t"The 
       Confederate Government Is Dissolved"|g242 --|gChapter 9
       |t"This, I Suppose, Is the End of the Confederacy"|g265 --
       |gChapter 10|t"This Maze of Enemies"|g286 --|gChapter 11
       |t"The Last Hope Is Gone"|g313 --|gChapter 12|t"We All 
       Felt Profoundly Grateful"|g349 --|tAftermath: "When All 
       These Wounds Are Healed"|g384. 
520 1  "By February 1865, the end was clearly in sight for the 
       Confederate government. Lee's defeat at Gettysburg had 
       dashed the hopes of its army, and Grant's victory at 
       Vicksburg had cut the South in two. An Honorable Defeat is
       the story of the four months that saw the surrender of the
       South and the assassination of Abraham Lincoln by Southern
       partisans. It is also the story of two men, antagonists 
       yet political partners, who struggled to achieve their own
       differing visions: Jefferson Davis, autocratic president 
       of the Confederate States, who vowed never to surrender 
       whatever the cost, and his secretary of war, General John 
       C. Breckinridge, who hoped pragmatism would save the 
       shattered remnants of the land he so loved." "William C. 
       Davis traces the astounding journey of these men, and the 
       entire Confederate cabinet, as they fled Richmond by train,
       then by mule, then on foot. Using original research, he 
       narrates, with dramatic style and clear historical 
       accuracy, the futile quarrels of the two men as they 
       continued their flight from their eventual fate."--BOOK 
       JACKET. 
600 10 Davis, Jefferson,|d1808-1889. 
600 10 Davis, Jefferson,|d1808-1889|xCaptivity, 1865. 
651  0 Confederate States of America|xPolitics and government. 
651  0 Richmond (Va.)|xHistory|ySiege, 1864-1865. 
651  0 United States|xHistory|yCivil War, 1861-1865|xPeace. 
776 08 |iOnline version:|aDavis, William C., 1946-|tHonorable 
       defeat.|b1st ed.|dNew York : Harcourt, c2001
       |w(OCoLC)606510518 
776 08 |iOnline version:|aDavis, William C., 1946-|tHonorable 
       defeat.|b1st ed.|dNew York : Harcourt, c2001
       |w(OCoLC)609199884 
856 42 |3Contributor biographical information|uhttp://www.loc.gov
       /catdir/bios/har051/00046143.html 
856 42 |3Publisher description|uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/
       description/har021/00046143.html 
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