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THE

RISE AND FALL

OF THE

CONFEDERATE GOVERNMENT.

BY

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

VOLUME I.

NEW YORK:

D. APPLETON AND COMPANY,

1, 8, AND 5 BOND STREET.

1881.

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THE WOMEN OF THE CONFEDERACY,

WHOSE PIOUS MINISTRATIONS TO OUR WOUNDED SOLDIERS

SOOTHED THE LAST HOURS OF THOSE

WHO DIED FAR FROM THE OBJECTS OF THEIR TENDEREST LOVE;

WHOSE DOMESTIC LABORS

CONTRIBUTED MUCH TO SUPPLY THE WANTS OF OUr defenderS IN THE FIELD;
WHOSE ZEALOUS FAITH IN OUR CAUSE

SHONE A GUIDING STAR UNDIMMED BY THE DARKEST CLOUDS OF WAR;
WHOSE FORTITUDE

SUSTAINED THEM UNDER ALL THE PRIVATIONS TO WHICH THEY WERE SUBJECTED;
WHOSE ANNUAL TRIBUTE

EXPRESSES THEIR ENDURING GRIEF, LOVE, AND REVERENCE

FOR OUR SACRED DEAD;

AND

WHOSE PATRIOTISM

WILL TEACH THEIR CHILDREN

TO EMULATE THE DEEDS OF OUR REVOLUTIONARY SIRES;

These Pages are Dedicated

BY THEIR COUNTRYMAN,

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

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