Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Mr. Davis” in chapter 7, page 686 of Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 2.:
...t without the necessary elements for re-formation.
The generals complained bitterly of this desertion.
There was but one measure that could remedy so great an evil; this was compulsory service.
Mr. Davis vigorously called for it in the message he addressed to the permanent Congress, which had just assembled, on the 25th of February, 1862.
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