He's actually shot in the both the first two books. Somehow surviving being shot in the chest by a former Confederate Cabinet member in book one. Only to join the alt-Klan, the author neglects to even mention Nathan Bedford Forrest at all.
I do on occasion threaten to do a review of book two, only I don't hate myself enough to follow through with it. And I'm not sure I want to inflict it on everyone else. Believe it or not we have had members post trying to defend the Stars and Stripes Trilogy, quoting Harry Harrisons biographer in an attempt to portray it as a thought exercise in describing an idealised utopian United States.
This rapidly falls apart if you have in fact read the books where the author boasts of his research, and explicitly claims "Events, as depicted in this book, would have happened just as they are written here".
The death of Jefferson Davis is one of the examples of how atrocious the books are in their portrayals of historical figures. Its less characterisation and more character assassination, while he was never anything resembling open minded on matters of race, there is no evidence he had anything to do with the KKK. Certainly nothing to the extent of him wearing a white sheet and riding around at night.
The circumstances surrounding his death also make strange reading. The former USCT, although such did not exist at the time he claims to be a member ... a common failing, soldier is rescued from a potential lynching by the members of the Texas Brigade. Their presence as the local military garrison is explained by their being dispatched to maintain Internal Security by Judah Benjamin the "Secretary of the South" a position the author creates that seems to equate to that of Military Governor of the former Confederate States, as illustrated by his ability to issue orders directly to an Army unit, bypassing the President, the Secretary of War and the commanding general.
Secretary Benjamin explains the situation due to reasoning that defies belief. The Texas Brigade is chosen for the job as before the war Texas apparently had "Very few slaves and no Plantations", the author seems to think 30% of the population is very few!? The brigades commander is said to be Braxton Bragg, he has a full General commanding a Brigade, who is also ideal as he is claimed to have never own slaves, before the war he had a Plantation in Louisiana with over a hundred.
You would probably not even have to criticise the factual errors to condemn this book. Its probably possible to do so just on the grammar, structure, casual racism, advocation of ethnic cleansing, the attempts to justify slavery, internal contradictions and continuity errors.
Sorry about the rant.