[Gutenberg 42315] • The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Volume 2

[Gutenberg 42315] • The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Volume 2

The North had their orders: "Capture or kill Jefferson Davis," the rebel President of the Confederate South. Davis was captured, and upon his release from federal prison, crafted this intimate Civil War document that gives a powerful firsthand account of the South's defeat and the reasons behind its secession from the Union.