. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . nowledge of nautical matters, he had small comj^rehen-sion of the responsibilities of the office. His efforts were feeble and dilatory,and he utterly faUed to provide for keeping open the seaports of the Confed-eracy. But he was one of the few who remained in the cabinet to the end. Mr. Judah P. Benjamin, of Louisiana, was appointed Attorney-General, andheld that office untU the resignation of Mr. Walker, when he was transferred to the post of Secre-tary of War. Ui3onthe faU of Ne
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . nowledge of nautical matters, he had small comj^rehen-sion of the responsibilities of the office. His efforts were feeble and dilatory,and he utterly faUed to provide for keeping open the seaports of the Confed-eracy. But he was one of the few who remained in the cabinet to the end. Mr. Judah P. Benjamin, of Louisiana, was appointed Attorney-General, andheld that office untU the resignation of Mr. Walker, when he was transferred to the post of Secre-tary of War. Ui3onthe faU of New Or-leans, public indig-nation compelled achange, and he wasmade Secretary ofState. A man ofgreat fertihty ofmind and resouiceand of facile charac-ter, he was the facto-tum of the President,performed his bid-ding in various w^ays,and gave him thebenefit of his brainsin furtherance of theviews of Mr. Da\is. J^Although a pro-visional governmentwas more free tomeet emergenciesand coiTeet mistakes,it was determined toproceed totheforma-tion of a permanentgovernment. It wasapprehended that inthe lapse of time and. HOTVELL COBB, PEESIDEXT OF THE FIRST CONTEDEEATE CONGRESS;, C. S. A. FR05I A PHOTOGRAPH. ^ Mr. Daviss reasons for the selection of the mem-bers of the first Cabinet are given in his Rise andFall of the Confederate Government ( New York:D. Appleton & Co., ISSl), Vol. I., pp. 241-3, inthese words: After being inaugurated, I proceeded to the forma-tion of my Cabinet, that is, the heads of the executivedepartments authorized by the law.^ of the ProvisionalCongress. The unanimity existing among our peoplemade this a much easier and more agreeable task thanwhere the rivalries in the party of an executive have tobe consulted and accommodated, often at the expenseof the highest capacity and fitness. Unencumbered by any other consideration than the public welfare, havingno fi-iends to reward or enemies to punish, it i-esultedthat not one of those who formed my first
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