6 ч 40 мин, 2 апр 1863 г. - Davis

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Jefferson Davis, a stubborn Confederate leader, had a simple strategy and hoped that if the Union forces could be stalemated, then the cotton-hungry British or French might be persuaded to join their cause, or perhaps public sentiment in the North would force Lincoln to seek a negotiated statement. His greatest challenge came from the southern politicians who had embraced secession; in fact, VP Stephens carried on a running battle against Davis’s effort to establish “military despotism”. As class tensions increased, poor people began rioting; one such case was a bread riot in Richmond that ended only when Davis himself threatened to shoot the protestors.