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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
Varina Davis, Jefferson Davis: Ex-President of the Confederate States of America, A Memoir by his Wife, Volume 1 656 14 Browse Search
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
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 1. 330 2 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: November 8, 1864., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
dapted to accomplish so desirable an end. In the hope that the day will soon be reached when, under Divine favor, these States may be allowed to enter on their former peaceful pursuits, and to develop the abundant natural resources with which they are blessed, let us then resolutely continue to devote our united and unimpaired energies to the defence of our homes, our lives and our liberties. This is the true path to peace. Let us tread it with confidence in the assured result. Jefferson Davis. On motion of Mr. Orr, of South Carolina, the President's messages was laid on the table and ordered to printed. The accompanying documents were referred to the appropriate committees. The President pro tem presented a communication from Governor Smith, of Virginia, enclosing the proceedings of the Governors of several of the States of the Confederacy, which was laid on the table and ordered to be printed. On motion of Mr. Orr, the Senate adjourned. House o
The Daily Dispatch: November 8, 1864., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
The President's message. The message of President Davis will, of course, be read by everybody. We forbear, at present, for want of room, to comment upon it. We observe, however, that he is opposed to making soldiers of our slaves. He thinks we have quite as many white soldiers as we are likely to require, or as we can conveniently support. He seriously, however, recommends the purchase, from their masters, by the Confederate Government, of those slaves now engaged in the service as teamsters, &c. The number of these ought, he thinks, to be doubled — made forty instead of twenty thousand. He then proposes that the prospect of emancipation be held out to the negroes thus employed as a reward for good conduct. The States are to be petitioned to allow them to remain within their limits.