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The Daily Dispatch: October 1, 1864., [Electronic resource] 12 0 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: August 18, 1864., [Electronic resource] 6 0 Browse Search
Alfred Roman, The military operations of General Beauregard in the war between the states, 1861 to 1865 4 0 Browse Search
Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government 4 0 Browse Search
George P. Rowell and Company's American Newspaper Directory, containing accurate lists of all the newspapers and periodicals published in the United States and territories, and the dominion of Canada, and British Colonies of North America., together with a description of the towns and cities in which they are published. (ed. George P. Rowell and company) 4 0 Browse Search
J. B. Jones, A Rebel War Clerk's Diary 4 0 Browse Search
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. 4 0 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: September 10, 1864., [Electronic resource] 4 0 Browse Search
Col. O. M. Roberts, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 12.1, Alabama (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 4 0 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. 4 0 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: October 6, 1864., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
would not make the best defender in the world. It is well known that there were persons who, eighteen months ago, recommended the abandonment of Charleston, and we may be sure that there are others who take a like gloomy view of Richmond. If there be any such, most assuredly they ought not to be entrusted with any command about this city. If a man thinks a place cannot be defended, we may be sure he will give it up if he be requested by the enemy to do so. Witness, Colonel Anderson at Fort Gaines. Richmond can be held against any force Grant is ever likely to bring against it, provided only it have the right sort of officers in command. Its importance to the Confederacy is well known to President Davis. It is, in fact, the most important place in the whole Confederacy. The Yankees know that as well as we do. If it be taken, we lose the State of Virginia, in all probability; and the State of Virginia is, unquestionably and unmistakably, the backbone of the Confederation. I