![]() ![]() ![]() The reasons behind Davis’s and other Confederate leaders’ desire for independence is subject to debate. Scarboro, “The Weakness of States’ Rights during the Civil War,” The North Carolina Historical Review 56 (April, 1979), 133–149. Stephenson, “A Theory of Jefferson Davis,” American Historical Review 21 (October, 1915): 81. Stephens and Jefferson Davis,” American Historical Review 58 (January, 1953): 308 N.W. Owsley, States Rights in the Confederacy ( Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1925) James Z. Beringer, The Anatomy of the Confederate Congress: A Study of the Influences of Member Characteristics on Legislative Voting Behavior, 1861– 1865 (Nashville, TN: Vanderbilt University Press, 1972) Frank L. To make matters worse, the typical member of the Confederate Congress voted for or against one issue at a time, precluding a persistent minority opposition comparable to that of the Northern Democrats. See Thomas B. Even these and other states’ rights titans failed to weaken Davis and move the South in the direction of peace. ![]()
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