ebooks The Bumblebee Who Flew with Eagles: African American History Expressions by Chester A. Bailey in History

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Many Southerners and Northerners wrote about the Civil War after it was over; but none of them held as senior a position as Jefferson Davis; the Confederate president. While other generals wrote memoirs that historians still continue to debate about; Davis wrote the most comprehensive tome about the political aspects of the Civil War; particularly his fullthroated defense of the Confederacy's right to secede. His memoir; The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government; is one of the most controversial works to come out of the Civil War. Volume I explains the political background of the country before the war; as well as his analysis of the Constitution and the right to secede. Volume II picks up where Volume I left off; with the seminal events of 1862 following the secession and the first battles of 1861. Volume II covers everything from 1862 to the end of the war.