Confederate Cabinet Departments and Secretaries
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc.
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Jefferson, NC
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 286
ISBN-13: 9781476665214
Description: Thousands of books have been written covering every aspect of the Civil War. Yet scant attention has been given to the civilian government of the Confederacy. The most recent book on the subject was published in 1944, and what little has been written since is scattered among various journals and magazines. Drawing on scholarship old and new, this book provides a detailed overview of each of the Confederacy's six executive departments, along with biographical sketches of each man who held a position in Jefferson Davis's cabinet, from Secretary of State to Postmaster General. - Back cover.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : The birth of the Confederate nation; title: Jefferson Davis's selection of a cabinet; title: Part one : Justice Department.; title: Overview; title: Judah P. Benjamin; title: Thomas Bragg; title: Thomas Watts; title: Wade Keyes, Jr.; title: George Davis; title: Part two : Treasury Department.; title: Overview; title: Christopher Memminger; title: George Trenholm; title: John Reagan; title: Part three : War Department.; title: Overview; title: Leroy Pope Walker; title: Judah P. Benjamin; title: George Randolph; title: James Seddon; title: John C. Breckinridge; title: Part four : Navy Department.; title: Overview; title: Stephen Mallory; title: Part five : Post Office Department.; title: Overview; title: John Reagan; title: Part four : State Department.; title: Overview; title: Robert Toombs; title: Robert M.T. Hunter; title: Judah P. Benjamin; title: Conclusion : A final assessment of Davis's cabinet; title: Appendix A : The Constitution of the Confederate States of America; title: Appendix B : Governors of the Confederate states