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Brigadier-General Ellison Capers, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 5, South Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 156 20 Browse Search
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories 52 10 Browse Search
Varina Davis, Jefferson Davis: Ex-President of the Confederate States of America, A Memoir by his Wife, Volume 2 32 6 Browse Search
William Boynton, Sherman's Historical Raid 25 1 Browse Search
Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government 25 9 Browse Search
Col. O. M. Roberts, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 12.1, Alabama (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 24 6 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: December 6, 1861., [Electronic resource] 15 1 Browse Search
George P. Rowell and Company's American Newspaper Directory, containing accurate lists of all the newspapers and periodicals published in the United States and territories, and the dominion of Canada, and British Colonies of North America., together with a description of the towns and cities in which they are published. (ed. George P. Rowell and company) 12 0 Browse Search
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4. 12 0 Browse Search
J. B. Jones, A Rebel War Clerk's Diary 12 4 Browse Search
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Browsing named entities in Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 27. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones). You can also browse the collection for Greensboro (North Carolina, United States) or search for Greensboro (North Carolina, United States) in all documents.

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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 27. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Charles C. Hemming. (search)
ould, of course, have been executed. He was sent from Canada in January, 1865, as a bearer of dispatches to the War Department of the Confederate Government, and after travelling through New Brunswick and Nova Scotia and going to West India Islands, he secreted himself on board a ship sailing out of Havana, and landed in an open boat on the coast of Florida, and from thence made his way, partly afoot, to Richmond and delivered his dispatches. He immediately rejoined his regiment near Greensboro, N. C., and was promoted for meritorious conduct as a soldier, and remained with the command until it surrendered, having served four years and five months in the Confederate army. When he removed to Texas in 1866, he was without means and acquaintances there, and during that year worked as a laborer on the docks at Galveston. In 1870, he entered the bank of Giddings & Giddings at Bronham as cashier, which position he held until 1881, when he removed to Gainesville, and has since been conne
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 27. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), An effort to rescue Jefferson Davis. (search)
rather than in the Union. With my best wishes, I am, Very respectfully and truly yours, (Signed,) Wade Hampton. On the 22d of April I wrote again from Greensborough to President Davis, and a few extracts from that letter are here given: My Dear Sir,—I came here intending to go to Salisbury to see you, but hearing that y to get to Texas. I can carry with me quite a number and I can get there. To this letter, or my first one, I received the following answer by wire: near Greensborough, April 22, 1865. Letter not received. Wish to see you as soon as convenient. Will then confer. (Signed,) Jeff'n Davis. I think the word not in the answer to some communication from myself. On the 26th April, President Davis telegraphed to me from Charlotte, N. C., as follows: To General Wade Hampton, Greensborough If you think it better, you can, with the approval of General Johnston, select men as proposed for a later period, the small body of men, and join me at on