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Varina Davis, Jefferson Davis: Ex-President of the Confederate States of America, A Memoir by his Wife, Volume 2 1,039 11 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 29. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 833 7 Browse Search
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The Annals of the Civil War Written by Leading Participants North and South (ed. Alexander Kelly McClure) 580 0 Browse Search
Alfred Roman, The military operations of General Beauregard in the war between the states, 1861 to 1865 459 3 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) 435 13 Browse Search
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 3. 355 1 Browse Search
Edward Alfred Pollard, The lost cause; a new Southern history of the War of the Confederates ... Drawn from official sources and approved by the most distinguished Confederate leaders. 352 2 Browse Search
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 333 7 Browse Search
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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 5. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Fifth annual meeting of the Southern Historical Society, October 31st., 1877. (search)
rors failed to find a vicarious sufferer who could personate the alleged treason of the people. The truth was, there was no head to the rebellion against the Union in the South, or to the rebellion against the Constitution in the North. The people on both sides, in their entire body, were the offenders. Mr. Lincoln, who was not an Abolitionist before the war, was forced by the pressure of popular clamor and a supposed military necessity, to declare the emancipation of the negroes, and Mr. Davis, who was a pronounced friend of the Union, was compelled to draw the sword against it to avoid the crime of treason in defending the rights of the States, assailed through the institution of slavery, with arms within the Union. His jailor, while he was a prisoner, punished him for treason in a manner befitting the Inquisition, but his judges never took heart to hear a demurrer to the indictment. There was no treason in the war. There was no traitor of any note to either flag during the
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 5. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The true story of the capture of Jefferson Davis. (search)
n's own invention; for it is well known that Mrs. Davis and all the President's family had left Riched the falsity of the representation that President Davis had been preparing to leave the country, immediately connected with the capture of President Davis. In doing this, it will suffice to repeabridle-path to the road which it was thought Mrs. Davis' party had followed. A little before daybrees takes place in moments of imminent peril, Mr. Davis recalled an incident of his own experience tsitively that no such remark was made (about Mr. Davis' garb, means of rapid locomotion, &c.,) as i dishonor, disgrace, applied by Wilson to Jefferson Davis, admit of no reply that I care to make, aWilson has confounded opinions attributed to Mr. Davis by popular rumor (whether right or wrong) wiident of the United States for the arrest of Mr. Davis, and the charge against him of complicity inwhile on bail, the most strenuous efforts of Mr. Davis and his friends were to bring this charge of[51 more...]
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 5. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), A review of the First two days operations at Gettysburg and a reply to General Longstreet by General Fitz. Lee. (search)
fit to command or who would possess more of the confidence of the army or of the reflecting men of the country, is to demand an impossibility. I give extracts from these two letters because, some two years ago, General Lee's whole letter to Mr. Davis was reproduced in some of the public prints. It was followed by General Longstreet's letter to his uncle, (again republished in his paper to the Times,) and which first gave to the world the information that another plan to fight this great baen eclipsed by not even leaving to the public their two tales. In conclusion, let our fancy picture the grim veterans of the Army of Northern Virginia paraded in their camp-grounds in that month of August, 1863, to hear the announcement that Mr. Davis had accepted the resignation of their chief, would there not have resounded from front to rear, from flank to flank, Le Roi est mort? but when the younger and abler man, whoever he might be, assumed command, the mummies of the Pyramids or the
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 5. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Letter from President Davis-reply to Mr. Hunter. (search)
Letter from President Davis-reply to Mr. Hunter. [We publish the following letters, as we havr chief. I remain yours, respectfully, Jefferson Davis. Letter from G. W. C. Lee. Lexinour friend and servant, G. W. C. Lee. Hon. Jefferson Davis, Mississippi City, Miss. Letter fr Lexington, Va., January 9th, 1878. Hon. Jefferson Davis: My dear sir: Your letter has been rthere was a cabal in the Senate to supersede Mr. Davis and put Mr. Hunter at the head of the govmenting to be a rejoinder to a letter of the Hon. Jefferson Davis, appearing in the November number of conference at Hampton Roads. The paper of Mr. Davis I have not seen, but I desire to advert brie which I believe my official relations to President Davis, as a member of his staff, not only entit one at all acquainted with the character of Mr. Davis could indulge a suspicion, however faint, th, yours very truly and respectfully, F. R. Lubbock, Ex-Aide-de-Camp to President Jefferson Davis.
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 5. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Reply to General Longstreet's Second paper. (search)
most manfully; and after tugging at her skirts for some time, he presents to the public gaze a brazen-faced image, in which are to be recognized none of the lineaments of the diffident and modest goddess. Very soon after the war, in what Svinton designates as a full and free conversation with him, General Longstreet made the statements upon which were based the very severe criticisms of that writer on General Lee's conduct of the Gettysburg campaign; and when General Lee's letter to President Davis, written a short time after the close of that campaign, was made public, a little more than two years ago, General Longstreet hastened to publish the above-mentioned letter to his uncle. In General Lee's very self-abnegating letter to the President, there occurs this passage: Everything therefore points to the advantages to be derived from a new commander, and I the more anxiously urge the matter upon your Excellency, from my belief that a younger and abler man than myself can re
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 5. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Editorial paragraphs. (search)
ho can make additions to our collection. Mr. M. Miley, of Lexington, Va., has sent us a superb collection of his photographs, embracing the following: President Jefferson Davis, General R. E. Lee, Lieutenant-General Stonewall Jackson, Lieutenant-General J. A. Early, Major-General John C. Breckinridge, Major-General Fitz. Lee, Ma was not eclipsed by his world-wide fame as a scientist, and many other men of mark whom we may not now even mention. The following beautiful letter from ex-President Davis was read at the recent laying of the corner-stone of the Confederate monument at Macon, Ga., and so appropriately gives voice to the sentiments of the peopln mournful tones the Answer fit: And if our children must obey, They must, but thinking on our day, 'Twill less debase them to submit. Yours faithfully, Jefferson Davis. Back volumes can be furnished now, but the supply is by no means inexhaustible, and we would advise those desiring to secure them to do so at once.