{"product_id":"2940013691254","title":"THE DAY OF THE CONFEDERACY, A CHRONICLE OF THE EMBATTLED SOUTH","description":"CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     I. THE SECESSION MOVEMENT\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     II. THE DAVIS GOVERNMENT\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     III. THE FALL OF KING COTTON\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     IV. THE REACTION AGAINST RICHMOND\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     V. THE CRITICAL YEAR\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     VI. LIFE IN THE CONFEDERACY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     VII. THE TURNING OF THE TIDE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     VIII. A GAME OF CHANCE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     IX. DESPERATE REMEDIES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     X. DISINTEGRATION\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     XI. AN ATTEMPTED REVOLUTION\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     XII. THE LAST WORD\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE DAY OF THE CONFEDERACY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter I. The Secession Movement\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe secession movement had three distinct stages. The first, beginning\u003cbr\u003ewith the news that Lincoln was elected, closed with the news, sent\u003cbr\u003ebroadcast over the South from Charleston, that Federal troops had taken\u003cbr\u003epossession of Fort Sumter on the night of the 28th of December. During\u003cbr\u003ethis period the likelihood of secession was the topic of discussion\u003cbr\u003ein the lower South. What to do in case the lower South seceded was the\u003cbr\u003equestion which perplexed the upper South. In this period no State\u003cbr\u003enorth of South Carolina contemplated taking the initiative. In the\u003cbr\u003eSoutheastern and Gulf States immediate action of some sort was expected.\u003cbr\u003eWhether it would be secession or some other new course was not certain\u003cbr\u003eon the day of Lincoln's election. Various States earlier in the year had\u003cbr\u003eprovided for conventions of their people in the event of a Republican\u003cbr\u003evictory. The first to assemble was the convention of South Carolina,\u003cbr\u003ewhich organized at Columbia, on December 17, 1860. Two weeks earlier\u003cbr\u003eCongress had met. Northerners and Southerners had at once joined issue\u003cbr\u003eon their relation in the Union. The House had appointed its committee\u003cbr\u003eof thirty-three to consider the condition of the country. So unpromising\u003cbr\u003eindeed from the Southern point of view had been the early discussions\u003cbr\u003eof this committee that a conference of Southern members of Congress\u003cbr\u003ehad sent out their famous address To Our Constituents: \"The argument is\u003cbr\u003eexhausted. All hope of relief in the Union... is extinguished, and we\u003cbr\u003etrust the South will not be deceived by appearances or the pretense\u003cbr\u003eof new guarantees. In our judgment the Republicans are resolute in the\u003cbr\u003epurpose to grant nothing that will or ought to satisfy the South. We\u003cbr\u003eare satisfied the honor, safety, and independence of the Southern people\u003cbr\u003erequire the organization of a Southern Confederacy--a result to be\u003cbr\u003eobtained only by separate state secession.\" Among the signers of this\u003cbr\u003eaddress were the two statesmen who had in native talent no superiors\u003cbr\u003eat Washington--Judah P. Benjamin of Louisiana and Jefferson Davis of\u003cbr\u003eMississippi.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47083152736496,"sku":"2940013691254","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013691254_p0.jpg?v=1763584028","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013691254","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}