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Varina Davis, Jefferson Davis: Ex-President of the Confederate States of America, A Memoir by his Wife, Volume 2 9 1 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: January 5, 1863., [Electronic resource] 1 1 Browse Search
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Varina Davis, Jefferson Davis: Ex-President of the Confederate States of America, A Memoir by his Wife, Volume 2, Chapter 19: effort to effect exchange of prisoners-evacuation of Manassas-visit to Fredericksburg. (search)
sident, while at Fredericksburg, March 22, 1862. Fredericksburg, Va., March 22, 1862. General Joseph H. Johnston, Sir: I. You will relieve Major-General Holmes of his command, and direct him to reto the Adjutant and Inspector-General, Richmond, Va., for further orders. By command of General Johnston. A. P. Mason. The following letters, written by residents of Fredericksburg, are also appended to prove conclusively that Mr. Davis, and not General Johnston, is right: Fredericksburg, Va., August 10, 1885. Judge William S. Barton. my dear Sir: In reply to your inquiry whether I knnd the 20th. On my return from Richmond, about g or 10 A. M., I found President Davis, General Johnston, and General Holmes at my house. Very soon after General Holmes ordered me (I was his aide) to go with the President and General Johnston across the river, to make a reconnaissance of the country, etc. On the return from the reconnoissance across the river, I well remember, in coming
The Daily Dispatch: January 5, 1863., [Electronic resource], Speech of President Davis. (search)
ories had made rapid progress;--Mississippi alone had clothed and subsisted the whole army upon her soil. Our people had learned to economize. They were homespun. He felt like taking off his hat to a woman dressed in homespun. He had an unfaltering belief in the justice of our cause, and a profound reverence for the decrees of Heaven. He noticed with evident satisfaction, the superior morality of our army to that of the invader. In God and the valor of our troops he trusted. At the conclusion of his remarks, Gen. Joseph H. Johnston was vociferously called for. The scarf worn here looked a little nervous, while the house rang with lend, swelling and prolonged applause. He arose and said: "Fellow-Citizens.--My only regret is that I have done so little to merit such a greeting. I promise you, however, that hereafter shall be watchful, energetic and indefatigable in your defences" This speech was greeted with tremendous, uproars us and prolonged plaudits.