An Honorable Defeat

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In February 1865, the end was clearly in sight for the Confederate government An Honorable Defeat is the story of the four months that saw the surrender of the South and the assassination of Lincoln by Southern partisans It is also the story of two men, antagonists yet political partners, who struggled to achieve their own differing visions for the South Jefferson Davis, the autocratic president of the Confederate States, who vowed never to surrender whatever the cost and the practical and warm General John C Breckinridge, Secretary of War, who hoped pragmatism would save the shattered remnants of the land he loved so dearly Noted historian William C Davis traces the astounding flight of these men, and the entire Confederate cabinet, from Richmond Using original research, he narrates the futile quarrels of Davis and Breckinridge as they try to evade Northern pursuers and describes their eventual and separate captures The result is a rich canvas of a time of despair and defeat, a charged tale full of physical adventure and political battle that sweeps from the marble halls of Richmond to a dingy room in a Havana hotel. 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Davis – kino-fada.fr A decent book describing the dissolution of the Confederate government as it fled south in a desperate attempt to escape and possibly fight another day While the reader of this book will get a good sense of Jefferson Davis and John C Breckinridge, I think that some of the other players in this story get lost in the text Though Judah P Benjamin is also one of the main figures whose journey is chronicled, I don t ever feel that we get a good sense of the man We get many instances of other peopl A decent book describing the dissolution of the...The last remaining months of the Confederacy is a fascinating time This is a wonderful book that brings to life the turmoil, the politics, the larger than life characters and the complete average people that dealt with the last few months of Richmond and then the months on the run I learned a great deal about the the Cabinet members After the fall of Richmond, Davis kept the Cabinet in place and held meetings in each city as they stopped to try to regroup Imagine being on the run and followi The last remaining months of the Confederacy is a fascinating time This is a wonderful book that brings to life the turmoil, the politics, the larger than life characters and the complete average people that dealt with the last few months of Richmond and then the months on the run I learned a great deal about the the Cabinet members After the fall of Richmond, Davis kept the Cabinet in place and held meetings in each city as they stopped to try to regroup Imagine being on the run and following a president that had the illusion ...Interesting and very detailed, but unfortunately rather plodding at times Davis did very well illustrating the logistical nightmare of the final weeks of the war and the Confederate cabinet s scramble to hold onto the tiniest shred of hope However, the narrative of the various individual escape routes of the cabinet members seemed hard to follow and a bit tedious Altogether, this was a worthwhile read for the Civil War scholar, but likely not something I would suggest to a casual reader of hi Interesting and very detailed, but unfortunately rather plodding at times Davis did very well illustrating the logistical nightmare of the final weeks of the war and the Confederate cabinet s scramble to hold onto the tiniest shred of hope How...William Davis wrote one of my favorite books, 1998s THREE ROADS TO THE ALAMO which I highly recommend I have also read his 1995 A WAY THROUGH THE WILDERNESS, the Natchez trace and the civilization of the southern frontier which I recall being a bore and an unfortunately forgettable read So here, for a long while, sat on my book shelf this book about the end of the confederate government Which I found fits somewhere between these other two volumes The book s first half is well done, interesti William Davis wrote one of my favorite books, 1998s THREE ROADS TO THE ALAMO which I highly recommend I have also read his 1995 A WAY THROUGH THE WILDERNESS, the Natchez trace and the civilization of the southern frontier which I recall being a bore and an unfortunately forgettable read So here, for a long while, sat on my book shelf this book about the end of the confederate government Which I found fits somewhere between these other two volumes The book s first half is well done, interesting and educational and the second half slow and mostly difficult to get through The thrust of AN HONORABLE DEFEAT was the personality and policy differences between Jefferson Davis, the President of the Confederate government and his last Secretary of War, John C Breckinridge As the world is crumbling around them and Richmond surrounded and Lee about to surrender Davis and Breckinrid...William C Davis book, An Honorable Defeat, chronicles the little known last days of the Confederate government It was a dramatic and traumatic time for the Confederacy s president and cabinet members, and the author tells the story in a well paced, cogent manner The book resembles an action yarn as the Confederate officials try to escape the Yankee cavalrymen The author, however, takes the old school view of the Civil War Reading the book, you d hardly know that the South supported slavery William C Davis book, An Honorable Defeat, chronicles the little known last days of the Confederate government It was a dramatic and traumatic time for the Confederacy s president and cabinet members, and the author tells the story in a well paced, cogent manner The book resembles an action yarn as the Confederate ...A solid book that covers the last months of the Confederate government and how it met it s rather non glorious end Beginning at the start of 1865, when Grant s Union army is slowly surrounding Lee s army at Petersburg, it covers the governments final attempts to help the situation When Lee abandons Richmond in April, the government flees to the south in an attempt to keep the rebellion alive Wagons of gold and records are taken through the Carolinas, while chased by Union Cavalry Over time, A solid book that covers the last months of the Confederate government and how it met it s rather non glorious end Beginning at the start of 1865, when Grant s Union army is slowly surrounding Lee s army at Petersburg, it covers the governments final attempts to help the situation When Lee abandons Richmond in April, the government flees to t...If you are a student of History or you just have a love of the Civil War then this book is a good read for you William C Davis does an excellant job in bringing the final days of the War in Northern Virginia as well as the chaotic last days of the Confederate Government to print You will witness the Fall of Petersburg, which lead to the fall of the Confederate Capital in Richmond Confederate President Jefferson Davis s unwilling to seek a peace with the Union and his steadfast determination t If you are a student of History or you just have a love of the Civil War then this book is a good read for you William C Davis does an excellant job in bringing the final days of the War in Northern Virginia as well as the chaotic last days of the Confederate Government to print You will witness the Fall of Petersburg, which lead to the fall of the Confederate Capital in Richmond Confederate President Jefferson Davis s unwilling to seek a peace with the Union and his steadfast deter...This book wasn t as good as I had hoped it would be or as good as some of the reviews make it sound I felt like this author tried to make a story of it but he didn t have enough factual evidence and background about what happened to truly make it interesting I felt his writing style dragged on and he was repetitive He rambled a lot at the end of the book and flipped around to the different players in the Confederacy without really getting anywhere Just wasn t what I thought the book was goin This book wasn t as good as I had hoped it would be or as good as some of the reviews make it sound I felt like this author tried to make a story of it but ...There are historical myths I prefer to keep, one of them is Jefferson Davis being caught disguised as a woman So what if it isn t true The scheming of Breckinridge to bring the war to a quick end while Davis wanted the armies to take to t...Another of those books that makes you slap your head and wonder aloud Why didn t they teach me that when I was in school

An Honorable Defeat
  • English
  • 18 October 2017
  • Paperback
  • 512 pages
  • 0156007487
  • William C. Davis
  • An Honorable Defeat