The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Volume 1a
Jefferson Davis
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The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government (1881) is written by Jefferson Davis, former President of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War. Davis wrote the book as a straightforward history of the Confederate States of America and as an apologia for the causes that he believed led to and justified the American Civil War.
Davis spared little detail in describing every aspect of the Confederate constitution and government, in addition to which he retold in detail numerous military campaigns. Far more compelling in the views of Davis' contemporaries and to modern scholars were Davis' thoughtfully constructed arguments as to the constitutional and moral justification of the formation of the Confederacy and of the Civil War. Davis cited numerous constitutional passages, constitutional scholars, and American political leaders to prove his thesis that secession was justified.
This project contains the first half of Volume 1 (of 2). (Intro modified from Wikipedia) (0 hr 56 min)
Chapters
00 - Preface & Introduction | 11:55 | Read by Robert Hoffman |
01 - Part 1, Chapter 1 | 29:52 | Read by Robert Hoffman |
02 - Part 1, Chapter 2 | 9:51 | Read by Robert Hoffman |
03 - Part 1, Chapter 3 | 14:50 | Read by Bill Mosley |
04 - Part 1, Chapter 4 | 11:26 | Read by Bill Mosley |
05 - Part 1, Chapter 5 | 29:56 | Read by Bill Mosley |
06 - Part 1, Chapter 6 | 38:10 | Read by Bill Mosley |
07 - Part 1, Chapter 7 | 24:39 | Read by Stipsky |
08 - Part 1, Chapter 8 | 39:12 | Read by Guero |
09 - Part 1, Chapter 9 | 17:38 | Read by Guero |
10 - Part 1, Chapter 10 | 25:08 | Read by Guero |
11 - Part 2, Chapter 1 | 22:17 | Read by Mark F. Smith |
12 - Part 2, Chapter 2 | 29:11 | Read by Bill Mosley |
13 - Part 2, Chapter 3 | 28:48 | Read by Bill Mosley |
14 - Part 2, Chapter 4 | 17:07 | Read by Stipsky |
15 - Part 2, Chapter 5 | 14:35 | Read by Stipsky |
16 - Part 2, Chapter 6 | 17:32 | Read by Stipsky |
17 - Part 2, Chapter 7 | 14:30 | Read by Stipsky |
18 - Part 2, Chapter 8 | 11:04 | Read by Stipsky |
19 - Part 2, Chapter 9 | 25:27 | Read by Stipsky |
20 - Part 2, Chapter 10 | 26:14 | Read by Stipsky |
21 - Part 2, Chapter 11 | 19:59 | Read by Stipsky |
22 - Part 2, Chapter 12 | 8:06 | Read by Stipsky |
23 - Part 2, Chapter 13 | 12:14 | Read by Stipsky |
24 - Part 2, Chapter 14 | 18:13 | Read by Stipsky |
25 - Part 2, Chapter 15 | 17:21 | Read by Bill Mosley |
26 - Appendix B | 22:28 | Read by Ann Boulais |
27 - Appendix C | 43:47 | Read by Stipsky |
28 - Appendix D | 22:29 | Read by Bill Mosley |
29 - Appendix E, Part 1 | 31:46 | Read by Stipsky |
30 - Appendix E, Part 2 | 44:20 | Read by Stipsky |
31 - Appendix F, Part 1 | 40:48 | Read by Maria Kasper |
32 - Appendix F, Part 2 | 35:51 | Read by Aaron Weber |
Reviews
Best History of the United States I've read!
Arius
Covers many topics from our founding to the Civil War. Also gives you a perspective counter to what we've been propagandized to believe in our public schools.
Me
excellent book, the one readers fake southern accent is slightly annoying, but it's still worth it. a good history of the early United States.
Woderful
A LibriVox Listener
wonderful however the narrator tries too hard to make different voices