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The defeat of the Confederacy: a documentary survey

Commager, Henry Steele, 1902-1998.

Year: c1964.

Publisher: Van Nostrand.

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Frontmatter

Introduction

PART I—SOUTHERN ADVANTAGES

1. Charles Francis Adams: All the Impartial Observers Expected the South to Win

2. Albert Bushnell Hart: Southern Advantages in Geography

PART II—THE TRADITIONAL VIEW: OVERWHELMING FORCE

3. John Williams Jones: The Overwhelming Power of the North

4. Rossiter Johnson: The Absurdity of the Southern Attempt to Fight

PART III—A GENERAL SURVEY OF THE CAUSES OF DEFEAT

5. Colonel Robert Tansill: Why the South Lost: A Potpourri of Causes

PART IV—THE FAILURE OF LEADERSHIP

6. John W. Draper: The Blindness of Southern Leaders

7. James Ford Rhodes: The Failure to Realize That the North Would Fight

8. Burton J. Hendrick: The Sorry Political Judgment of Southern Leaders

9. Sir Frederick Maurice: The Failings of Jefferson Davis

10. Bell Irvin Wiley: The Inflexibility of Southern Leadership

PART V—THE FAILURE TO HOLD THE BORDER STATES

11. Albert Bushnell Hart: Significance of the Border States

12. Edward Conrad Smith: The Fatal Loss of the Border States

PART VI—THE FAILURE OF DIPLOMACY

13. James H. Hammond and Alexander H. Stephens: Cotton Is King

14. Charles H. Wesley: The Failure of Cotton Diplomacy

15. Frank Lawrence Owsley: Why England Did Not Intervene

PART VII—THE BLOCKADE AND NAVAL POWER

16. James R. Soley: The Role of the Blockade

17. Admiral French E. Chadwick: The Blockade

18. Charles Francis Adams: The Blockade Cut Off Materiel of War

19. James R. Soley: The Union Control of Inland Waters

20. Albert Bushnell Hart: The Coastal and River Blockade

PART VIII—STATES RIGHTS IN THE CONFEDERACY

21. Frank Lawrence Owsley: States Rights and Supplies

22. Frank Lawrence Owsley: States Rights and Conscription

23. Frank Lawrence Owsley: States Rights: General Observations

PART IX—INTERNAL DISSENSION IN THE CONFEDERACY

24. Georgia Lee Tatum: Disloyalty and Desertion

25. Bell Irvin Wiley: Internal dissension in the Confederacy

PART X—THE ECONOMIC BREAKDOWN

26. Frank E. Vandiver: The Logistics of Southern Defeat

27. John C. Ropes: Steam and Electricity

28. Charles W. Ramsdell: General Economic Weaknesses of the Confederacy

PART XI—THE BREAKDOWN OF TRANSPORTATION

29. Charles H. Wesley: The Failure of the Railroad

30. Clement Eaton: The Transportation Breakdown

31. Robert C. Black: A Brief Summary of the Railroad Situation

PART XII—FINANCES

32. Walter Geer: The Failure of Finances

33. Charles W. Ramsdell: The Financial Breakdown

34. Richard N. Current: Fiscal Policies Impaired the Morale of the Confederacy

PART XIII—SLAVERY

35. Albert Bushnell Hart: Slavery at the Heart of Confederate Failure

36. Allan Nevins: The Southern Dilemma

PART XIV—THE LOSS OF NERVE

37. Edward A. Pollard: The Decay of Public Spirit

38. Edward Channing: The Loss of Nerve

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Title:

The defeat of the Confederacy : a documentary survey / Henry Steele Commager.

Author:

Commager, Henry Steele, 1902-1998

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The defeat of the Confederacy : a documentary survey / Henry Steele Commager.
Commager, Henry Steele, 1902-1998
Princeton, N. J.: Van Nostrand, c1964.

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http://hdl.handle.net/2027/heb.07347

Subject Headings:

• Confederate States of America -- History
• United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865

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