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Varina Davis, Jefferson Davis: Ex-President of the Confederate States of America, A Memoir by his Wife, Volume 2 59 3 Browse Search
Colonel Charles E. Hooker, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 12.2, Mississippi (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 29 5 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 8. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 19 1 Browse Search
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4. 11 3 Browse Search
A Roster of General Officers , Heads of Departments, Senators, Representatives , Military Organizations, &c., &c., in Confederate Service during the War between the States. (ed. Charles C. Jones, Jr. Late Lieut. Colonel of Artillery, C. S. A.) 10 2 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: August 21, 1861., [Electronic resource] 5 1 Browse Search
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 10: The Armies and the Leaders. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller) 4 0 Browse Search
Hon. J. L. M. Curry , LL.D., William Robertson Garrett , A. M. , Ph.D., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 1.1, Legal Justification of the South in secession, The South as a factor in the territorial expansion of the United States (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 4 0 Browse Search
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Varina Davis, Jefferson Davis: Ex-President of the Confederate States of America, A Memoir by his Wife, Volume 2, Chapter 10: engagement at Bull Run, and battle of Manassas. (search)
duty to the participants, and refer my readers to the many able historians who have depicted them, and to official reports now being published by the Government. Where Mr. Davis was present, I will record his connection therewith. He thus wrote of this battle: After the delivery of the message to Congress, on Saturday, July 20th, I intended to leave in the afternoon for Manassas, but was detained until the next morning, when I left by rail, accompanied by my aide-de-camp, Colonel J. R. Davis, to confer with the generals on the field. As we approached Manassas Railroad junction, a cloud of dust was visible a short distance to the west of the railroad. It resembled one raised by a body of marching troops, and recalled to my remembrance the design of General Beauregard to make the Rappahannock his second line of defence. It was, however, subsequently learned that the dust was raised by a number of wagons which had been sent to the rear for greater security against the co
Varina Davis, Jefferson Davis: Ex-President of the Confederate States of America, A Memoir by his Wife, Volume 2, Chapter 32: Confederate Congress.—The President's Message.—Horace Greeley. (search)
nattainable, if they exist, I have from scrap books compiled excerpts to show the trend of public opinion, and appended Mr. Davis's message in which he treats of the recommendations made by that body, some of which are indicated by the subjoined extas conducted under the authority delegated to the United States. The London Index made the following comments on President Davis's message, 1862: If any fault has been found with the late message, save by those who cannot think that the Soe soldiership of the South. Never was anything further removed from bombast or boastfulness than the language in which Mr. Davis announces triumphs which would have excited enthusiasm even in phlegmatic England, and done honor to the veteran armies of France. Mr. Davis's temper does not fail him, even when he has to speak of the wanton barbarities suffered by the districts that have been visited by the invaders, and of the unexampled outrages on the laws of civilized warfare which reflec
Varina Davis, Jefferson Davis: Ex-President of the Confederate States of America, A Memoir by his Wife, Volume 2, Chapter 34: campaign against Pope.—Second Manassas.—Sharpsburg.—Fredericksburg. (search)
of McClellan, thus disclosing to hini the movements of his adversary. General Robert Ransom, in his reminiscences of Mr. Davis, writes, in reference to General D. H. Hill and the lost order, as follows: In the early summer of ‘63, D. H. Hil the army under Bragg. I happened to be present, a day or two after Hill had gone, when an intimate personal friend of Mr. Davis rather criticised the President for what he considered an unwise and too magnanimous act, remarking that the President iend of his and was insubordinate, and had, by losing his order in ‘62, thwarted the plans of General Lee in Maryland. Mr. Davis answered, Hill is a faithful soldier, General Bragg has asked for him, and it is not proven that he was to blame in retrue, brave men who are such fighters as all know Hill to be, no matter what their feelings may be to me individually. Mr. Davis has been charged with visiting personal animosity upon those in his power who were not his personal admirers. This
Varina Davis, Jefferson Davis: Ex-President of the Confederate States of America, A Memoir by his Wife, Volume 2, Chapter 35: visit to Tennessee.—Battle of Murfreesboro. (search)
bout affairs in the West, and was importuned to make a tour of observation there. As soon as he could leave the seat of government he went, accompanied by one of his aids, and subsequently wrote to me the following letter: From President to Mrs. Davis. Chattanooga, Tenn., December 15, 1862. We had a pleasant trip, and without an incident to relate, reached this place on the I ith, went to Murfreesboro on the 12th, and leave to-day for Mississippi. The troops at Murfreesboro were in finre indications of a strong desire for me to visit the further West, expressed in terms which render me unwilling to disappoint the expectation. General Johnston will go directly to Mississippi, and reinforce General Pemberton. Joe General Joseph R. Davis. was quite excited at hearing of active operations behind us, and spoke of returning to his brigade. Many of the officers inquired for Colonel Johnston and felt as I did, regret at his absence. The results of the campaigns of the ar
Varina Davis, Jefferson Davis: Ex-President of the Confederate States of America, A Memoir by his Wife, Volume 2, Chapter 36: introduction to 1863. (search)
s they felt sure of a successful termination of the struggle. Mr. Davis was oppressed by the fall of Donelson, Nashville, Corinth, Roanokul man might be expected to lose heart under this heavy load, but Mr. Davis's faith in God's interposition to protect the right never faltereform of a bread riot occurred in Richmond. On April 2, 1863, Mr. Davis said that he received word in his office that a serious disturbane scene of the riot and arrived shortly after the President. Mr. Davis mounted the dray above mentioned and made a brief address to the ny to prepare for firing, and the grim, resolute old Captain who, Mr. Davis says, was an old resident of Richmond, but whose name he does notcreated so much excitement at the time, and of the part which ex-President Davis bore therein. The subject having been recently revived and etements having been made in connection therewith, this account of Mr. Davis will be read with great interest, and all who personally remember
Varina Davis, Jefferson Davis: Ex-President of the Confederate States of America, A Memoir by his Wife, Volume 2, Chapter 37: Chancellorsville. (search)
e, Let us pass over the river, and rest under the shade of the trees. All the evening before, Mr. Davis, unable to think of anything but the impending calamity, sat silent until twelve or one o'clock. When news came that the General was sinking, the burthen of Mr. Davis's regret was that he was helpless to serve or comfort him in any way. We kept a servant at the telegraph office to bring the lbetter? At eleven o'clock the next morning the body was brought down, wrapped in a handsome flag Mr. Davis had sent for the purpose. There was not standing room in the broad street as the cortege mohose face still bore the marks of the anguish he had suffered. A tear dropped on the face as Mr. Davis leant over the dead hero; and when a man came to the mansion and attempted to talk of some busouse-tops were one palpitating mass of weeping women and men. The only other scene like it that I saw during the war was the crowd assembled when Mr. Davis was brought through Richmond to be bailed.
Varina Davis, Jefferson Davis: Ex-President of the Confederate States of America, A Memoir by his Wife, Volume 2, Chapter 80: General Joseph E. Johnston and the Confederate treasure. (search)
ate University, Baton Rouge, La., January 6, 1882. General Joseph R. Davis, New Orleans, La. My Dear Sir: Your letter of Dnterview of General Joseph E. Johnston reflecting upon President Davis, has been received. I was greatly surprised when I fiecure in the universal confidence of friend and foe in President Davis's integrity and patriotic self-abnegation, that I feltans of General Johnston--a response which evinces that President Davis's honor is as dear to each Southern heart as its own. I accompanied President Davis from Richmond till his capture. At Greensborough, N. C., I accepted a loan of $100 in goldidental expenses were small. Having been an inmate of President Davis's house, as well as a member of his military family, Ih engaged to do so. After leaving Washington, when President Davis determined to part company with the wagon train, Majoran Regiment when I was captured. I am quite sure that President Davis could not have carried much money about him, as he han