The Lost Cause: The Confederate Exodus to Mexico

by Andrew F. Rolle

Book Overview

In the midst of the heartbreak, confusion, and rumors that followed Appomattox, some Southerners resolved to emigrate rather than surrender, and emigrate they did-to South America, Europe, Canada, and Mexico.

Mexico's Emperor Maximilian, trying to secure his shaky throne against Juarez' opposition, encouraged these recalcitrant Confederates to settle in Mexico. But, doomed to defeat by the internal crisis in Mexico and by the Southerners'...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806119616
• ISBN13: 9780806119618
• Release Date: September 1992
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.1"