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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 29. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Memoir of Jane Claudia Johnson. (search)
per for me to enter into any correspondence with Mrs. Davis or to attempt to interfere in the course of justice. He had the grace, however, to ask the officer to let Mrs. Davis know that her husband was better. Because his gallant son had been killed in defence of what he regarded as right, his compassion for a suffering woman, who had once been his friend, and to whom he admiited an obligation for former kindness, had lose its heartbeat. (121 War of the Rebellion, 683.) On the 28th of November the Rev. Charles Minnigerode asked permission to see Mr. Davis as his spiritual adviser, which request, after being pondered by the Secretary of War, the Attorney-General, and the Adjutant-General, was granted, and an order to that effect was sent to the reverend gentleman, who, on the 9th of December, 1865, presented the same to General Miles, who, fearing some deadly plot, wired the Adjutant-General to know if the order was genuine and whether the old doctor should be admitted. On th
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 29. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The trials and trial of Jefferson Davis. (search)
per for me to enter into any correspondence with Mrs. Davis or to attempt to interfere in the course of justice. He had the grace, however, to ask the officer to let Mrs. Davis know that her husband was better. Because his gallant son had been killed in defence of what he regarded as right, his compassion for a suffering woman, who had once been his friend, and to whom he admiited an obligation for former kindness, had lose its heartbeat. (121 War of the Rebellion, 683.) On the 28th of November the Rev. Charles Minnigerode asked permission to see Mr. Davis as his spiritual adviser, which request, after being pondered by the Secretary of War, the Attorney-General, and the Adjutant-General, was granted, and an order to that effect was sent to the reverend gentleman, who, on the 9th of December, 1865, presented the same to General Miles, who, fearing some deadly plot, wired the Adjutant-General to know if the order was genuine and whether the old doctor should be admitted. On th