A sketch of the life and times and speeches of Joseph E. Brown

Titlepage

A SKETCH
OF THE
LIFE AND TIMES
AND
SPEECHES
OF
JOSEPH E. BROWN.
BY
HERBERT FIELDER.
SPRINGFIELD, MASS.:
PRESS OF SPRINGFIELD PRINTING COMPANY.
1883.

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Table of Contents

errata and explanations 3

Introduction

Chapter 1

CHAPTER I.
My Contemporaries.--1857.

Chapter 2

CHAPTER II.
Governor Joseph E. Brown's Early Life.

Chapter 3

CHAPTER III.
Government of Georgia under Joseph E. Brown.

Chapter 4

CHAPTER IV.
State Geologist and Chemist.

Chapter 5

CHAPTER V.
Secession of Cotton-Growing States, and Organization
of the Confederacy.

Chapter 6

CHAPTER VI.
Preparations for War.--Comparative Strength and
Resources. -- Opening of Hostilities. -- First
Year's Operations in the Field.--Situation of
the People.

Chapter 7

CHAPTER VII.
Defence of Georgia by State Forces.

Chapter 8

CHAPTER VIII.
Government of Georgia in Relation to the War.

Chapter 9

CHAPTER IX.
Governor Brown and the Confederate Military.

Chapter 10

CHAPTER X.
Correspondence of Governor Brown and James A.
Seddon, Secretary of War, 1864.

Chapter 11

CHAPTER XI.
Correspondence of President Davis and Governor
Brown upon Conscription.

Chapter 12

CHAPTER XII.
Correspondence of Governor Brown and A. Fullarton,
British Consul at Savannah.

Chapter 13

CHAPTER XIII.
Reconstruction of Georgia.

Chapter 14

CHAPTER XIV.
Administration of Governor Bullock.

Chapter 15

CHAPTER XV.
A Summary of Governor Brown's Character.

Chapter 16

CHAPTER XVI.
Supplement Prepared for the Publishers, Bringing
the Narrative of events to September, 1883.

Appendix 1

Index