The Fall of the Confederate Government

On May 10th, 1865, Jefferson Davis was caught by Federal Troops. It was not until he was in jail, that he decided the war must really be over. In this memoir, Davis discusses the specifics of the war, offering his own vantage point of the brutal struggle in hopes that everyone else would come to see it his way. During the war, Davis faced enormous problems: state governors who didn't want to answer to a central government and generals who didn't trust his military judgement. Discussing in detail other important civilian leaders and generals on both sides, Davis attempts to deflect the charges of personal failure. He depicts the North as a savage agressor, to which the South stands in both military and moral opposition. Trade Paperback,714pp.