The Collapse of the Confederacy

Alabama April arms Assembly authorized blockade Bow's Review Cabinet cause Charleston Chesnut Civil collapse Commissary companies Confed Confederacy Confederate Army Confederate Congress Confederate government Confederate State Department conscription Cotton Famine crop December declared defeated defense deserters Diary Diary from Dixie dollars Edmund Ruffin emancipation enemy England Europe exempt factors February February 17 federacy federate fight Florida Foundry free Negroes Georgia Governor Vance Howell Cobb Ibid impressment increased independence January Jefferson Davis Jones Journal King Cotton labor legislature London Louisiana manufactured March Mason to Benjamin ment military mills Mississippi North Carolina North Carolina Historical Northern officers opinion opposition organized owners peace population President Davis production railroad rations Rebell Reds reported Richmond Dispatch Richmond Examiner roads Ruffin scarcity secession Secretary Secretary of War seemed Senate sentiment slavery slaves South supply Tennessee tion transportation troops United Virginia wrote York