THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY.

ASTOR, LENOX AND TILDEN FOUNDATIONS.

THE

RISE AND FALL

OF THE

CONFEDERATE GOVERNMENT.

BY

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

VOLUME I.

NEW YORK:

D. APPLETON AND COMPANY,

1, 8, AND 5 BOND STREET.

1881.

THE NEW YORK
PUBLIC LIBRARY

168575

ASTOR, LENOX AND TILDEN FOUNDATIONS. 1900.

COPYRIGHT BY

JEFFERSON DAVIS,

1881.

ΤΟ

THE WOMEN OF THE CONFEDERACY,

WHOSE PIOUS MINISTRATIONS TO OUR WOUNDED SOLDIERS

SOOTHED THE LAST HOURS OF THOSE

WHO DIED FAR FROM THE OBJECTS OF THEIR TENDEREST LOVE;

WHOSE DOMESTIC LABORS

CONTRIBUTED MUCH TO SUPPLY THE WANTS OF OUR DEFENDERS IN THE FIELD;
WHOSE ZEALOUS FAITH IN OUR CAUSE

SHONE A GUIDING STAR UNDIMMED BY THE DARKEST CLOUDS OF WAR;
WHOSE FORTITUDE

SUSTAINED THEM UNDER ALL THE PRIVATIONS TO WHICH THEY WERE SUBJECTED;
WHOSE ANNUAL TRIBUTE

EXPRESSES THEIR ENDURING GRIEF, LOVE, AND REVERENCE

FOR OUR SACRED DEAD;

AND

WHOSE PATRIOTISM

WILL TEACH THEIR CHILDREN

TO EMULATE THE DEEDS of our revolUTIONARY SIRES;

These Pages are Dedicated

BY THEIR COUNTRYMAN,

JEFFERSON DAVIS.