Jefferson Davis's Final Campaign: Confederate Nationalism and the Fight to Arm Slaves

by Philip D. Dillard

Jefferson Davis faced the greatest crisis of his Confederate presidency in the fall of 1864. Stunning Union victories and thinning army ranks forced Davis to decide whether independence or slavery was most important. In November, Davis called on Congress to reconsider the role of the slave in the Southern war effort.

320 pages, Hardcover

First published April 3, 2017