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Varina Davis, Jefferson Davis: Ex-President of the Confederate States of America, A Memoir by his Wife, Volume 2, Chapter 64: capture of President Davis, as written by himself. (search)
Colonel Pritchard went over to their battle-field, and I did not see him for a long time, surely more than an hour after my capture. He subsequently claimed credit, in a conversation with me, for the forbearance shown by his men in not shooting me when I refused to surrender. Many falsehoods have been uttered in regard to my capture, which have been exposed in publications by persons there present-by Secretary Reagan, by the members of my personal staff, and by the colored coachman, Jim Jones, which must have been convincing to all who desired to know the truth. We were, when prisoners, subjected to petty pillage, as described in the publications referred to, and in others; and to annoyances such as military gentlemen never commit or permit. At this time quick firing was heard on the side of the swamp. We afterward learned that two Federal companies of our pursuers had met in the gray of the morning, and each had mistaken the other for Confederate troops. While the ca
Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Chapter 54: (search)
ritchard went over to their battlefield, and I did not see him for a long time, surely more than an hour after my capture. He subsequently claimed credit, in a conversation with me, for the forbearance shown by his men in not shooting me when I refused to surrender. Wilson and others have uttered many falsehoods in regard to my capture, which have been exposed in publications by persons there present—by Secretary Reagan, by the members of my personal staff, and by the colored coachman, Jim Jones, which must have been convincing to all who were not given over to believing a lie. For this reason I will postpone, to some other time and more appropriate place, any further notice of the story and its variations, all the spawn of a malignity that shames the civilization of the age. We were, when prisoners, subjected to petty pillage (as described in the publications referred to, and in others) and to annoyances such as military gentlemen never commit or permit. On our way to Macon we
The Daily Dispatch: September 14, 1864., [Electronic resource], Tennessee. (search)
Tennessee. --Bushwhackers are doing much mischief in the vicinity of Greenville and Jonesboro', Tennessee. On the 30th August, Major Jones, enrolling officer, was shot dead near Rheatown; on the 31st, Mr. Maclin, formerly Colonel of the Fifth Tennessee, was severely wounded near Jonesboro'.
The Daily Dispatch: September 14, 1864., [Electronic resource], One hundred dollars reward. (search)
Confederate money stolen therefrom. The affair was involved in mystery until recently, when its solution was entrusted to Detective Washington Goodrick, of this city. This officer succeeded in ascertaining some facts which led him to suspect Jim Jones, a negro, and accordingly he was arrested a few days ago below Richmond. This negro, after close questioning, confessed that he entered the captain's tent, broke open the trunk with a bayonet, and stole the money. He also implicated some accos arrested a few days ago below Richmond. This negro, after close questioning, confessed that he entered the captain's tent, broke open the trunk with a bayonet, and stole the money. He also implicated some accomplices, who were likewise arrested, and the whole party committed to Castle Thunder to await further developments. A portion of the money has been recovered. Jim represented himself to be a free negro; but we understand he is a slave, the property of Mrs. Colonel Jones, of Georgia.