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The Daily Dispatch: January 5, 1864., [Electronic resource], Appointment of Attorney General. (search)
Appointment of Attorney General. The Confederate Senate on Saturday last confirmed the nomination of Hon. George Davis, of North Carolina, as Attorney General of the Confederate States, in place of Hon. Thomas H. Watts, recently elected Governor of Alabama. Mr. Davis is a Senator in the present Congress, and is said to be a man of great legal ability. Appointment of Attorney General. The Confederate Senate on Saturday last confirmed the nomination of Hon. George Davis, of North Carolina, as Attorney General of the Confederate States, in place of Hon. Thomas H. Watts, recently elected Governor of Alabama. Mr. Davis is a Senator in the present Congress, and is said to be a man of great legal ability.
The Daily Dispatch: January 5, 1864., [Electronic resource], article 5 (search)
eceiving two brevets for gallantry in action. The State of Georgia, at the close of the war presented him a beautifully chased sword, with appropriate inscriptions, as a testimonial of his services. In 1853 Lt. Col. Hardee was assigned by Mr. Davis, the then Federal Secretary at War, to the duty of arranging a system of tactics for the use of the army and militia of the United States, and produced the work which has since become a household word. "Hardee's Tactics, " by order of the War Drned to his native State. He offered his services to Governor Brown, and was by him appointed senior Colonel of the State forces. Shortly after this the Provisional Government was formed at Montgomery, and he was at once telegraphed for by President Davis, who offered him the position of Inspector and Adjutant General of the Confederate States, the place since filled with so much satisfaction to the country by Gen. Cooper; but he declined it, preferring "a place near the flashing of the guns.