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  the Late War Between the States;〃 by Alexander H。 Stephens (2
  vols。; 1870)。 Both works; though invaluable to the student; are
  tinged with controversy; each of the eminent authors aiming to
  refute the arguments of political antagonists。
  The military history of the time has so overshadowed the civil;
  in the minds of most students; that we are still sadly in need of
  careful; disinterested studies of the great figures of
  Confederate civil affairs。 〃Jefferson Davis;〃 by William E。 Dodd
  (〃American Crisis Biographies;〃 1907); is the standard life of
  the President; superseding older ones。 Not so satisfactory in the
  same series is 〃Judah P。 Benjamin;〃 by Pierce Butler (1907); and
  〃Alexander H。 Stephens;〃 by Louis Pendleton (1907)。 Older works
  which are valuable for the material they contain are: 〃Memoir of
  Jefferson Davis;〃 by his Wife (1890); 〃The Life and Times of
  Alexander H。 Stephens;〃 by R。 M。 Johnston and W。 M。 Browne
  (1878); 〃The Life and Times of William Lowndes Yancey;〃 by J。 W。
  Du Bose (1891); 〃The Life; Times; and Speeches of Joseph E。
  Brown;〃 by Herbert Fielder (1883); 〃Public Life and Diplomatic
  Correspondence of James M。 Mason;〃 by his Daughter (1903); 〃The
  Life and Time of C。 G。 Memminger;〃 by H。 D。 Capers (1893)。 The
  writings of E。 A。 Pollard cannot be disregarded; but must be
  taken as the violent expression of an extreme partisan。 They
  include a 〃Life of Jefferson Davis〃 (1869) and 〃The Lost Cause〃
  (1867)。 A charming series of essays is 〃Confederate Portraits;〃
  by Gamaliel Bradford (1914)。 Among books on special topics that
  are to be recommended are: 〃The Diplomatic History of the
  Southern Confederacy〃 by J。 M。 Callahan (1901); 〃France and the
  Confederate Navy;〃 by John Bigelow (1888); and 〃The Secret
  Service of the Confederate States in Europe;〃 by J。 D。 Bulloch (2
  vols。; 1884)。 There is a large number of contemporary accounts of
  life in the Confederacy。 Historians have generally given
  excessive attention to 〃A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the
  Confederate States Capital;〃 by J。 B。 Jones (2 vols。; 1866) which
  has really neither more nor less value than a Richmond newspaper。
  Conspicuous among writings of this type is the delightful 〃Diary
  from Dixie;〃 by Mrs。 Mary B。 Chestnut (1905) and 〃My Diary; North
  and South;〃 by W。 H。 Russell (1861)。
  The documents of the civil history; so far as they are accessible
  to the general reader; are to be found in the three volumes
  forming the fourth series of the 〃Official Records of the Union
  and Confederate Armies〃 (128 vols。; 1880…1901); the 〃Journals of
  the Congress of the Confederate States〃 (8 vols。; 1904) and
  〃Messages and Papers of the Confederacy;〃 edited by J。 D。
  Richardson (2 vols。; 1905)。 Four newspapers are of first
  importance: the famous opposition organs; the Richmond Examiner
  and the Charleston Mercury; which should be offset by the two
  leading organs of the Government; the Courier of Charleston and
  the Enquirer of Richmond。 The Statutes of the Confederacy have
  been collected and published; most of them are also to be found
  in the fourth series of the Official Records。
  Additional bibliographical references will be found appended to
  the articles on the 〃Confederate States of America;〃 〃Secession;〃
  and 〃Jefferson Davis;〃 in 〃The Encyclopaedia Britannica;〃 11th
  edition。
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