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A Confederacy Of . . . ?("Look Away! A History of the Confederate States of America")
Look Away! A History of the Confederate States of America, by William C. Davis (Free Press, 496 pp., $35)
In 1862, as England and France weighed the great question of whether to recognize the fledgling Confederacy, William Gladstone -- then Chancellor of the Exchequer -- proclaimed: "Jefferson Davis and other leaders of the South have made an army; they are making, it appears, a navy; and they have made what is more than either, they have made a nation." What Gladstone didn't say -- but could have -- was that this was all being done under the direst of circumstances, in the throes of total war. Consider the objective obstacles alone. In 1861, the South fell short ...
- CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA
- Reference information from: Young Students Learning Library January 1, 1996 700+ words
...country, named the Confederate States of America...originally formed the Confederacy. Representatives...secession of the Confederate States, and the Civil...Tennessee joined the Confederacy later that year...the war. The Confederacy not only lacked...that month, the ...
- Two Months in the Confederate States.(Review) (book reviews)
- Magazine article from: Southern Cultures Irons, Susan H. December 22, 1998 700+ words
...Two Months in the Confederate States An Englishman...affairs in the Confederate States, may cause reflecting...Two Months in the Confederate States by "an English...economic health of the Confederacy, and to investigate...
- Rebel Reefers: The Organization and Midshipmen of the Confederate States Naval...
- Magazine article from: Military Review Stringer, Kevin D. May 1, 2005 700+ words
...delved into the Confederate States Navy and its associated...Midshipmen of the Confederate States Naval Academy...midshipmen for the Confederate States Navy. Conrad provides...Some ask why the Confederacy bothered to establish...
- Confederate States of America
- Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences January 1, 2008 700+ words
Confederate States of America The Confederate States of America was officially founded...and Arkansas) joined the Confederacy. In an acknowledgment of Virginia...War dominated the life of the Confederacy. Leaders at the state and...
- Look Away! A History of the Confederate States of America.(Book Review)
- Magazine article from: Journal of Southern History Crist, Lynda Lasswell November 1, 2003 700+ words
...on the beginnings of the Confederacy and its final days. Davis...able to prove himself. The Confederacy foundered, author Davis...military order doomed the Confederacy's only president and his...evidently visited all the ex-Confederate states and used their archival...
- The voice of the victorious Confederate States.(Jefferson Davis)(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: The Economist (US) December 25, 1999 700+ words
...behaviour. To the president of the Confederate States, ideas, not those who hold them...British action that might help the Confederacy's south-western neighbour. Nevertheless...to cause the greatest injury to the Confederacy"--is forgiven, if not forgotten...
- Confederate States Paper Money.(Brief article)(Book review)
- Newspaper article from: Internet Bookwatch May 1, 2009 700+ words
Confederate States Paper Money George S. Cuhaj, editor Krause Publications 700 E...complete coverage of Upham and other notes and fine history about the Confederacy and individual Southern states, in the process of producing a useful...
- C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America (3 out of 5 stars).
- Newspaper article from: Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL) April 7, 2006 700+ words
...executed, Kevin Willmott's mockumentary, C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America, is built not just on a troubling thought...her script from Montreal, and an unapologetic drawling Confederacy booster. One actor plays several roles in different generations...
