num_pages: 550
description: Describes the formation of the Confederate government, and in particular, the four months in 1861 when delegates from all over the South met in Montgomery, Alabama to establish the short-lived nation. Examines the men, most of whom owned slaves and were practicing members of the bar, who framed the constitution, slavery (a rather uncompassionate view of it), the Civil War, and the unraveling of the notorious Southern government. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
language: English
title: A Government of Our Own: The Making of the Confederacy
titlecomplete: A Government of Our Own: The Making of the Confederacy
genres: History, Politics, American History, American Civil War, Government, Civil War
ratings_count: 50
awards: awardedAt: 757411200000
name: Jefferson Davis Award
publisher: Louisiana State Univ Pr