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Varina Davis, Jefferson Davis: Ex-President of the Confederate States of America, A Memoir by his Wife, Volume 2 1,039 11 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 29. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 833 7 Browse Search
Varina Davis, Jefferson Davis: Ex-President of the Confederate States of America, A Memoir by his Wife, Volume 1 656 14 Browse Search
The Annals of the Civil War Written by Leading Participants North and South (ed. Alexander Kelly McClure) 580 0 Browse Search
Alfred Roman, The military operations of General Beauregard in the war between the states, 1861 to 1865 459 3 Browse Search
Hon. J. L. M. Curry , LL.D., William Robertson Garrett , A. M. , Ph.D., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 1.1, Legal Justification of the South in secession, The South as a factor in the territorial expansion of the United States (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 435 13 Browse Search
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 3. 355 1 Browse Search
Edward Alfred Pollard, The lost cause; a new Southern history of the War of the Confederates ... Drawn from official sources and approved by the most distinguished Confederate leaders. 352 2 Browse Search
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 333 7 Browse Search
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 1. 330 2 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: March 5, 1864., [Electronic resource], For Hire. (search)
ames on the hearts of your countrymen in letters that can never be erased, and which will cause the prayers of our fellow soldiers now confined in loathsome prisons to follow you and yours wherever you may go. We hope to release the prisoners from Beile 1st and first, and having seen them fairly started we will cross the James river into Richmond, destroying the bridges after us, and exhorting the released prisoners to destroy and burn the hateful city, and do not allow the rebel leader Davis and his traitorous crew to escape. The prisoners must render great assistance, as you cannot leave your ranks too far or become too much scattered, or you will be lost. Do not allow any personal gain to lead you off, which would only bring you to an ignominious death at the hands of citizens. Keep well together and obey orders strictly, and all will be well, but on no account scatter too fast for in union there is strength. With strict obedience to orders, and fearlessness in the
The Daily Dispatch: March 5, 1864., [Electronic resource], For Hire. (search)
hich were to form the finale of the grand expedition, it was especially enjoined that "all mills must be burned," and "also everything which can be used by the rebels must be destroyed." Of course that means everything that is to be eaten or worn! It will be seen that it was further ordered that all "horses and cattle we (they) do not need immediately must be shot rather than left. " The men were required to "keep together and well in hand, and once in the city, it must be destroyed, and Jeff. Davis and Cabinet killed! " The "address" setting forth these objects, and signed by Col. Dahlgren, on whose body it was found, appeals to the men under his command, to engage heartily in the enterprise and taunts contemptuously any who would decline. To any such a man, Col. D. says: "Let him step out, and he may go hence to the arms of his sweetheart, and read of the braves who have swept through the city of Richmond!" A memorandum discovered, imparts the information that none declined