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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 30, 1864., [Electronic resource], John Marchmont's Legacy. (search)
Democrats — cried out for concession, compromise, armistice — for anything to end the war — anything but disunion. To that the North would not consent, and peace, I knew, could not be had without it. I knew that; because, on the 16th of June, Jeff. Davis had said to a prominent Southerner that he would negotiate only on the basis of Southern independence, and that declaration had come to me only five days after it was made. To get that ultimatum, and to give it to the four winds of heaven, were my real objects in going to Richmond. What Lincoln had to do with it. It was a difficult enterprise. At the outset it seemed well-nigh impossible to gain access to Mr. Davis, but we finally did gain it, and we gained it without official aid. Mr. Lincoln did not assist us. He gave us a pass through the army lines, stated on what terms he would grant amnesty to the rebels, and said "Good bye, good luck to you," when we went away, and that is all he did. A Summary of its Dang<