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Varina Davis, Jefferson Davis: Ex-President of the Confederate States of America, A Memoir by his Wife, Volume 2, Chapter 8 : the bombardment of Sumter (search)
Varina Davis, Jefferson Davis: Ex-President of the Confederate States of America, A Memoir by his Wife, Volume 2, Chapter 20 : the Executive mansion-the hospitals. (search)
Varina Davis, Jefferson Davis: Ex-President of the Confederate States of America, A Memoir by his Wife, Volume 2, Chapter 29 : seven days battles around Richmond . (search)
Varina Davis, Jefferson Davis: Ex-President of the Confederate States of America, A Memoir by his Wife, Volume 2, Chapter 30 : foreign Relations.—Unjust discrimination against us.—Diplomatic correspondence. (search)
Varina Davis, Jefferson Davis: Ex-President of the Confederate States of America, A Memoir by his Wife, Volume 2, Chapter 31 : Memphis , Vicksburg , and Baton Rouge . (search)
Chapter 31: Memphis, Vicksburg, and Baton Rouge.
On June 7, 1862, a fleet of gun-boats steamed down the Tennessee River, flanking our positions on the Mississippi River, and a fleet moved down the Mississippi, bombarded Island No.10, reduced it, bombarded Fort Pillow and reduced that fort, and then attacked Memphis and took possession, after a manful resistance with an inadequate force.
After this disaster followed close the siege of Vicksburg, which was repelled by the assistance of our ram, the Arkansas, under Captain J. N. Brown.
From the 15th to the 18th of June, the enemy endeavored to sink the Arkansas with heavy shells from their mortars, and an attempt was made to cut her out from under the batteries; but it failed, with the loss of one of their boats.
On the 27th both Federal fleets retired, and the siege, which had lasted sixtyseven days, was ended.
Two powerful fleets had been foiled, and a land force of from 4,000 to 5,000 men held at bay. Then followed the battl
Varina Davis, Jefferson Davis: Ex-President of the Confederate States of America, A Memoir by his Wife, Volume 2, Chapter 32 : Confederate Congress .—The President 's Message.—Horace Greeley . (search)
Varina Davis, Jefferson Davis: Ex-President of the Confederate States of America, A Memoir by his Wife, Volume 2, Chapter 41 : fall of Vicksburg , July 4 , 1863 . (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 42 : President Davis 's letter to General Johnston after the fall of Vicksburg . (search)
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)
Chapter 43: visit to New Orleans and admission to Fortress Monroe.
Permission to leave Georgia having been at last obtained through General Stedman's instrumentality, Mr. Harrison kindly joined me, and we left Georgia and went to Louisiana and Mississippi, to find what had been left to us.
In Vicksburg, where Mr. J. E. Davis was, many of the negroes called with affectionate expressions.
A warm welcome was accorded me everywhere, and especially in New Orleans.
Here I saw our dashing cavalry officer, General Wheeler, serving in a hardware store.
Mr. J. U. Payne, Mr. Davis's life-long friend, came with pressing offers of money and service, which, when our need was greater, he more urgently pressed upon us. It was with difficulty that the milliners and merchants could be persuaded to accept pay for the few articles I could afford to buy to replenish my wardrobe.
After a short stay which demonstrated there was nothing to recover, Mr. Harrison, my nurse and baby, and Freder
Varina Davis, Jefferson Davis: Ex-President of the Confederate States of America, A Memoir by his Wife, Volume 2, Chapter 85 : the end of a noble life, and a nation's sorrow over its loss. (search)