The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government

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autobiographical work book historical work

The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government is a two-volume historical and autobiographical account in which former Confederate president Jefferson Davis defends and explains the origins, conduct, and collapse of the Confederate States during the American Civil War.

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Volume II of The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	autobiographical work ⓘ book ⓘ historical work ⓘ
about	Confederate military strategy ⓘ Confederate political institutions ⓘ Jefferson Davis ⓘ U.S. Constitution interpretation in relation to secession ⓘ states’ rights doctrine ⓘ
author	Jefferson Davis ⓘ
contains	autobiographical reflections by Jefferson Davis ⓘ defense of the legality of secession ⓘ justification of the Confederate cause ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
describes	collapse of the Confederate States of America ⓘ conduct of the Confederate States during the American Civil War ⓘ origins of the Confederate States of America ⓘ
genre	history ⓘ political memoir ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn	Lost Cause literature ⓘ later pro-Confederate historiography ⓘ
hasInterpretation	key text of the Lost Cause ideology ⓘ
hasPart	Volume I of The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government ⓘ The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Volume II of The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government
historicalContext	post–American Civil War reconciliation era ⓘ
influencedBy	Jefferson Davis's role as President of the Confederate States ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
literaryForm	prose ⓘ
mainSubject	American Civil War ⓘ Confederate States of America ⓘ Confederate States of America ⓘ surface form: Confederate government Lost Cause narrative ⓘ secession of Southern states ⓘ
narrativeLocation	Confederate States of America ⓘ
numberOfVolumes	2 ⓘ
perspective	pro-Confederate ⓘ
targetAudience	readers interested in Confederate perspective on the Civil War ⓘ
timePeriodCovered	1860s ⓘ American Civil War era ⓘ
workLocationOfAuthor	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States

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The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government → hasPart → The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Volume II of The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government

Jefferson Davis → notableWork → The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government ⓘ