February 1865: The end is clearly in sight for the Confederate government...An Honorable Defeat is the story of the surrender of the South and the assassination of Lincoln by Southern partisans. It is also the story of two men: Jefferson Davis, autocratic president of the Confederate States, who vowed never to surrender whatever the cost; and Gen. John Breckinridge, Secretary of War, who hoped pragmatism would save his shattered land. Noted historian, William Davis traces the astounding flight of these men, and the entire Confederate cabinet from Richmond, Virginia, to a dingy room in a Havana hotel...
- ISBN10 0156007487
- ISBN13 9780156007481
- Publish Date 4 June 2002 (first published 1 July 2001)
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Out of Print 22 August 2011
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Harcourt Brace International
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback
- Pages 528
- Language English