Unwavering Duty

About the Book

“Unwavering Duty” provides the reader with the final days of the Confederate government as Jefferson Davis and his cabinet members are forced to retreat from Richmond. It then follows the Confederate President through the surrender of the armies of General Lee and Johnston, the federal pursuit culminating in his capture and incarceration at Fortress Monroe. At this point, the book provides the ‘what if’ of history when the federal government, instead of pardoning Davis under the auspices of the 14th Amendment, decides to place him on trial for treason against the United States.

About the Author

H.G. Manning was born at a time when the country was just preparing for the centennial celebration of the ‘Civil War’. Perhaps it was these events that piqued his interesting in the period for as long as he can remember he has always studied the battles of the war. However, over time he became more interested in the reason(s) the South decided that secession was the best remedy for their grievances against the Union. Upon retiring from the United States army he devoted more effort in the study of the antebellum politics culminating in writing “Unwavering Duty”.