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The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Volume 1a

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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

Bewertungen

Best History of the United States I've read!

(5 Sterne)

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.

(5 Sterne)

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

(4,5 Sterne)

wonderful however the narrator tries too hard to make different voices