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Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 3., Chapter 21: closing events of the War.--assassination of the President. (search)
ed defiance to the last. --History of the Last Days and Final Fall of the. Rebellion, by a Rebel Staff Officer (Lieutenant C. E. L. Stuart). But on that day, they heard of the surrender of Lee, and fled, by railway to Greensboroa, with anxious thoughnly enough to make a respectable raiding party. History of the Last Days and Final Fall of the Rebellion, by Lieutenant C. E. L. Stuart, of Jefferson Davis's staff. At Washington, after there had been a scramble for the gold which the Governmeeal the following day — a good deal that was trampled under foot during the contemptible scramble. --History, &c. by C. E. L. Stuart. the remainder of the Cabinet, excepting Reagan, deserted the President. Mallory, the Secretary of the Navy, doubti horses, and the Confederate President was at last a prisoner in the hands of the United States. --Narrative of Lieutenant C. E. L. Stuart, of Davis's staff. After receiving the report of the capture, from Lieuteniant-Colonel Pritchard, General Wi
Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume II., chapter 35 (search)
tively southward through Georgia, had been dispatched May 7. by Gen. Wilson from Macon in quest of him; as had also the 1st Wisconsin cavalry, Lt.-Col. Harden. These two commands, moving by different roads down the Ocmulgee, Pritchard at length struck the trail he was seeking, and followed it to the encampment aforesaid; which he surprised at early dawn; easily taking captive With regard to Davis's alleged attempt to elude his captors in female guise, the following statement by Lt. C. E. L. Stuart, of his staff, probably embodies the literal truth: When the musketry-flring was heard in the morning, at dim, gray dawn, it was supposed to be between the apprehended [Rebel] marauders and Mrs. Davis's few camp-defenders. Under this impression, Mr. Davis hurriedly put on his boots, and prepared to go out for the purpose of interposing, saying: They will at least as yet respect me. As he got to the tent door thus hastily equipped, and with this good intention of preventi
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 (search)
ts and went to the tent-door. He observed the National cavalry. Then you are captured? exclaimed his wife. In an instant she fastened the wrapper around him before he was aware, and then, bidding him adieu, urged him to go to a spring near by, where his horse and arms were. He complied, as he was leaving the tentdoor, followed by a servant with a water-bucket, his sister-in-law flung a shawl over his head. It was in this disguise that he was captured. Such is the story as told by C. E. L. Stuart, of Davis's staff. The Confederate President was taken to fort Monroe by way of Savannah and the sea. Reagan, who was captured with Davis, and Alexander H. Stephens were sent to Fort Warren, in Boston Harbor. Inaugural Address>head> The following is the text of the inaugural address, delivered at Montgomery, Ala., Feb. 18, 1861: Gentlemen of the Congress of the Confederate States of America, Friends, and Fellow-Citizens,—Called to the difficult and responsible station of c