...he domination of Forrest, Taylor, and Kirby Smith, and within which he hoped to revive the desperate fortunes of the rebellion. He confided his hopes to Breckinridge, and when he reached Abbeville, South Carolina , he called a council of war to deliberate upon the plans which he had conceived forregenerating what had now become in fact The lost cause. This council was composed of Generals Breckinridge, Brag...