of the Late War Between the States〃； 2 vols。 （1870）。 The best life of Jefferson Davis is that by William E。 Dodd in the 〃American Crisis Biographies〃 （1907）。 W。 H。 Russell's 〃My Diary North and South〃 （1863） records the impressions of an intelligent foreign observer。
The present Chronicle is based entirely on the original evidence； with the convenient use only of such works as have themselves been written by qualified experts directly from the original evidence。
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