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Varina Davis, Jefferson Davis: Ex-President of the Confederate States of America, A Memoir by his Wife, Volume 2, Chapter 43: visit to New Orleans and admission to Fortress Monroe. (search)
e E. Cooper, Surgeon United States Army. Mrs. Varina Davis, Fortress Monroe, Va. This was sent topparently for the specific duty of jailor to Mr. Davis, and the relief was great to us. General BurAs soon as our friends knew they could visit Mr. Davis, they came almost every day. Our great Genern parties came to the fort still to peer at Mr. Davis, and one day a vulgarian inquired of Frederibut cannot receive people as guests who hold Mr. Davis a prisoner. What this judicious, capable, dlatter our beloved pastor, came often to see Mr. Davis, as well as charming people from Baltimore,a vote of 105 yeas to 19 nays, resolved that Mr. Davis should be held in custody as a prisoner and a trial according to the laws of the land. Mr. Davis, in the meantime, was exceedingly anxious toourt in Virginia approached, the counsel for Mr. Davis, encouraged by his devoted and faithful wife individual seeking the executive clemency. Mr. Davis, on the other hand, always said, to ask for [7 more...]