A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Confederacy, Including the Diplomatic Correspondence, 1861-1865/Volume 1
CONFEDERATE CAPITOL AT MONTGOMERY.
A COMPILATION
OF THE
MESSAGES AND PAPERS
OF THE
CONFEDERACY
INCLUDING THE DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE
1861-1865
PUBLISHED BY PERMISSION OF CONGRESS
BY
JAMES D. RICHARDSON
A Representative from the State of Tennessee
Compiler and Editor of "Messages and Papers of the Presidents"
In Two Volumes—Volume I.
NASHVILLE
UNITED STATES PUBLISHING COMPANY
1906
Copyright, 1904,
by
James D. Richardson.
TO THE SOLDIERS ON BOTH SIDES WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN THE FOUR YEARS' WAR, 1861-1865, EACH FIGHTING FOR WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS RIGHT, AND ALSO TO THOSE WHO, AFTER HOSTILITIES CEASED, GAVE THEIR BEST ENDEAVORS TO PROMOTE PEACE AND HARMONY BETWEEN THE SECTIONS LATELY IN ARMS, THIS WORK IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED, NOT TO PERPETUATE THE RECORD OF THE STRIFE, BUT IN TOKEN OF THOSE BETTER FEELINGS WHICH HAVE SINCE REUNITED THE PEOPLE OF ALL SECTIONS UNDER ONE FLAG, WITH ONE HOPE AND ONE DESTINY, IN A UNION OF STATES THAT IS INDISSOLUBLE.
Contents of Volume I.
Illustrations.
Page | |
Confederate Capitol at Montgomery | Frontispiece |
Jefferson Davis | 16 |
Alexander H. Stephens | 172 |
Robert E. Lee | 436 |
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