Intro -- Contents -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- Chapter One Oratory in the Confederacy -- Chapter Two Analyzing Confederate Rhetoric: Insights into Southern Oratory -- Chapter Three Uncertainty in Definition: The Rhetoric of -- Chapter Four From Sacred to Sinister Depictions of Nature -- Chapter Five Slavery and Slaves: A Growing Unease -- Chapter Six Gentlemen All: The Question of Character -- Chapter Seven Towards a Rhetorical Union -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y