Statistics for occurrence #1 of “President Davis” in chapter 1.5 of Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 5.:
...at officer, was one to the effect that, having refused to surrender, Mr. Davis had given the soldier who demanded the surrender the right to shoot him — a right, under the laws of war, of which President Davis was well aware at the time, and which he did not deny.
As to the conversation recited by Wilson, Colonel Johnston, in his very temperate, cautious, and conscientious statement, appended to this art...
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Loring President Davis | 51 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 user votes |
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