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J. B. Jones, A Rebel War Clerk's Diary, chapter 48 (search)
lude he has abandoned Cape Fear River. He says he is embarrassed by prisoners. Enemy refuses to receive or entertain propositions. I expect no change will be made by Gen. Grant. It is his policy to delay. Have directed prisoners to be sent to Richmond by rail or highway, as may be most practicable; if wrong, correct it. R. E. Lee. This looks like the speedy fall of Wilmington, but not of Richmond. To-day is the anniversary of the birth of Washington, and of the inauguration of Davis; but I hear of no holiday. Not much is doing, however, in the departments; simply a waiting for calamities, which come with stunning rapidity. The next news, I suppose, will be the evacuation of Wilmington! Then Raleigh may tremble. Unless there is a speedy turn in the tide of affairs, confusion will reign supreme and universally. We have here now some 4000 or 5000 paroled prisoners returned by the Federal authorities, without sufficient food for them, and soon there may be 10,000 Fe
J. B. Jones, A Rebel War Clerk's Diary, chapter 49 (search)
nd Congress. Dev.elopment of Grant's combination. assault at Hare's Hill. departure of Mrs. President Davis. March 1 Cloudy, cold, and dismal. We have no news, except from the North, whence f it be confiscated, the war will certainly continue for years, even under the direction of President Davis, who is now quite unpopular. If a contrary course be pursued, the struggle may be more speedily terminated — perhaps after the next great battle. And Mrs. Davis has become unpopular with the ladies belonging to the old families. Her father, Mr. Howell, it is said was of low origin, annt's front have mainly in view the transportation of subsistence from North Carolina. Mrs. President Davis has left the city, with her children, for the South. I believe it is her purpose to go noducing the most deplorable results. The government would soon make its escape — if it could. Mrs. Davis, however, soonest informed of our condition, got away in time. Dispatches from Generalissi
J. B. Jones, A Rebel War Clerk's Diary, XLIX. April, 1865 (search)
(10 A. M.) received: headquarters, April 1st, 1865. his Excellency President Davis. Gen. Beauregard has been ordered to make arrangementsa precautionary concentration to preserve our communications. Mrs. Davis sold nearly all her movables-including presentsbefore leaving the Mr. Lincoln, after driving to the mansion lately occupied by Mr. Davis, Confederate States President, where he rested, returned, I belie on Monday is still credited. Per contra, it is reported that President Davis is not only a captive, but will soon be exhibited in Capitol Scultivated the most friendly relations with all the members of President Davis's cabinet, and it is supposed he prosecuted a lucrative busineany other general or army — if indeed any other army remains. If Mr. Davis had been present, he never would have consented to it; and I doubt no salutes have been fired in honor of the event. The President (Davis) is supposed to be flying toward the Mississippi River, but this is
Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Chapter XXII: Operations in Kentucky, Tennessee, North Mississippi, North Alabama, and Southwest Virginia. March 4-June 10, 1862., Part II: Correspondence, Orders, and Returns. (ed. Lieut. Col. Robert N. Scott), Confederate correspondence, Etc. (search)
generals as indispensable. Four are granted and only two of these are present. The enemy being already engaged with our left at New Madrid, I do not hold myself responsible for the results. Commissary department entirely out of funds. Nothing can be had without them. One million in hands of collector at Mobile can be had. Will department issue necessary orders at once? G. T. Beauregard. Hdqrs. First Grand Div., Army of the Mississippi, Humboldt. Tenn., March 11, 1862. His Excellency President Davis: I am desirous of having the aid of certain parties in certain offices for the more efficient administration of the army under my command. I have asked for their appointment. Among them is Capt. E. D. Blake, who has been on my staff since I have been in the service. He is now my inspector-general. To do the work of that office he should have more rank. I ask his appointment as colonel of infantry in the Provisional Army. Slaughter, on General Bragg's staff, and Jordan, on
General Joseph E. Johnston, Narrative of Military Operations During the Civil War, Letters. (search)
slowly, only fifteen hundred having arrived as yet. I urgently ask that more be sent, also that three thousand cavalry be at once sent to operate on this line. I urge this as a positive necessity. The enemy largely outnumber me, and I am obliged to hold back a large force at the ferries on Big Black, lest he cross and take this place. I am also compelled to keep considerable force on either flank of Vicksburg, out of supporting distance. The same dispatch was also sent to his Excellency President Davis on the same date. The divisions of Major-Generals Loring and Stevenson moved from the line they had occupied between Warrenton and Big Black Bridge to Edwards's Depot, General Stevenson being directed to keep well closed up on the rear of General Loring's column. On the evening of the 12th I moved my headquarters to Bovina, to be nearer the scene of active operations. The command arrived at Edwards's Depot on the 13th, and was placed in position, covering all approaches from the
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Poetry and Incidents., Volume 1. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 285 (search)
Letter from Mrs. President Davis.--The following letter from Mrs. Jefferson Davis was written in acknowlegment of the receipt of a beautiful work-box, manufactured and presented to her by several patriotic misses of Petersburg:-- Montgomery, Ala., April 29, 1861. my dear young ladies: Permit me, before thanking you for your kind present, and wishes for my husband's welfare, to congratulate you upon the secession of Virginia — the birthplace of my mother, as well as yours. The elder, and honored sister of the Southern States, is received with tearful joy among us, and many hands wilt fashion stars with which to mark this brilliant accession to our galaxy. The possession of a work-box manufactured by little Southern girls, so industrious, so enthusiastic, and so patriotic, will be much prized by me; and I will leave it to my daughter with the note which precedes it, as a precious legacy. Long ere you reach the responsibility of a useful womanhood, may we have united
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 10. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 46 (search)
nly one thousand five hundred having arrived as yet. I urgently ask that more be sent; also, that three thousand cavalry be at once sent to operate on this line. I urge this as a positive necessity. The enemy largely outnumber me, and I am obliged to hold back a large force at the ferries on Big Black, lest he cross and take this place. I am also compelled to keep considerable force on either flank of Vicksburg, out of supporting distance. The same dispatch was also sent to His Excellency President Davis, on the same date. The divisions of Major-Generals Loring and Stevenson moved from the line they had occupied between Warrenton and Big Black Bridge to Edwards' Depot, General Stevenson being directed to keep well closed up on the rear of General Loring's column. On the evening of the twelfth, I moved my headquarters to Bovina to be nearer the scene of active operations. The command arrived at Edwards' Depot on the thirteenth, and was placed in position covering all approaches
Alfred Roman, The military operations of General Beauregard in the war between the states, 1861 to 1865, Chapter 7: (search)
elligerents, and the one most likely to attract the main effort of the enemy, which, according to reports, might be made at any moment, had determined if possible to reform the Confederate military situation, in accordance with his views of sound policy. His plan, as the following letter shows, was marked, as were all his military plans, by the leading ideas of concentration and aggression. Headquarters Manassas, Department of Va., camp Pickens, June 12th, 1861. To His Excellency President Davis: Sir,—The bearer, Lieutenant-Colonel Sam Jones of the Provisional Army of Virginia, a member of my general staff, has been instructed by me to lay before your Excellency a diagram, with my views relative to the operations of the present campaign in this State, which should be acted upon at once. The enemy seem to be taking the offensive towards Harper's Ferry, and a few days hence may find General J. E. Johnston in such a critical condition as to render it impossible to relie
Alfred Roman, The military operations of General Beauregard in the war between the states, 1861 to 1865, Chapter 32: (search)
. Mr. Seddon's telegram of the 9th of May. he is informed on the 10th of the erection of the enemy's batteries on Folly Island. General Beauregard's letter of the 11th of May. Insufficiency of his forces to resist the enemy's movements. President Davis asks reinforcements for General Johnston. General Beauregard's answer. different routes of approach for attacking Charleston. route by Morris Island the least injurious. want of labor and transportation a serious drawback to the defence. are still in the North Edisto. Nor has the number of their gunboats or transports diminished, or at any time recently been increased, as must have been the case had a material removal of troops taken place. On the 25th of June his Excellency President Davis telegraphed the following: From causes into which it is needless to enter the control of the Mississippi connection between the States east and west of it will be lost, unless Johnston is strongly and promptly reinforced within the
Alfred Roman, The military operations of General Beauregard in the war between the states, 1861 to 1865, Chapter 44: (search)
1. Augusta, Feb. 3d, 1865. To his Excellency President Davis, Richmond, Va.: Three points threatene 2. Augusta, Ga., Feb. 3d, 1865. To his Excellency President Davis, Richmond, Va.: The fall of Charlestona telegram from General Hardee, enclosing one from Mr. Davis, showing that, even at that late hour, he was stilfollowing dispatch was received last night from President Davis: Your despatch of 12th received to-day. The en of the Confederate Government, vol. II., p. 204. Mr. Davis is hardly more correct than when he first stated tvernment, vol. II., p. 204. The italics are ours. Mr. Davis now admits that General Elliott was not there at t Sumter, but whose names are not even mentioned in Mr. Davis's account. The plan of evacuation of Charleston and its harbor—attributed by Mr. Davis to General Hardee—was devised by General Beauregard. The minutest detate at once. This is the first error noticeable in Mr. Davis's amended account of that event. Another is his o
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