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Burton N. Harrison (search for this): chapter 1.5
e dark hour that precedes the dawn was probably what they were waiting for. Riding on a little further, the President was challenged by a sentinel on guard in the woods, whose voice he recognized at once as that of his private secretary, Burton N. Harrison, Esq., who had accompanied Mrs. Davis and family, and was now keeping watch for their protection from imminent peril. Mr. Davis remained with his family two days, until he had reason to suppose that they had passed the range of immediatehere was not one armed man in our camp. Mr. Davis, Judge Reagan, Colonel William Preston Johnston, Colonel John Taylor Wood, a young gentleman (a Mr. Barnwell, of South Carolina,) who escaped, and myself, constituted the President's party. Colonel Harrison, the private secretary of the President, and a few paroled soldiers, were with Mrs. Davis and party, protecting their little baggage, &c. Upon taking the camp, they plundered and robbed everyone of all and every article they could get hol
Hodson (search for this): chapter 1.5
e wore cavalry boots. He complained of chilliness, and said they had taken away his Raglan, (I believe they were so called,) a light aquascutum or spring overcoat, sometimes called a water-proof. I had one exactly similar, except in color. I went to look for it, and either I, or some one at my instance, found it, and he wore it afterwards. His own was not restored. As I was looking for this coat, the firing still continuing, I met a mounted officer, who, if [ am not mistaken, was a Captain Hodson. Feeling that the cause was lost, and not wishing useless bloodshed, I said to him: Captain, your men are fighting each other over yonder. He answered very positively: You have an armed escort. I replied: You have our whole camp; I know your men are fighting each other. We have nobody on that side of the slough. He then rode off. Colonel Lubbock had a conversation nearly identical with Colonel Pritchard, who was not polite, I believe. You can learn from Colonel Lubbock about it.
W. T. Walthall (search for this): chapter 1.5
The true story of the capture of Jefferson Davis. by Major W. T. Walthall, (Late A. A. G., Confederate Army.) [The following article was written and ready for pu Letter from Admiral Semmes. Mobile, Alabama, August 13th, 1877. Major W. T. Walthall: Dear sir: You are quite right as to the locus in quo of the Shenandof General Wilson's narrative in its beginning, its middle, and its end. W. T. Walthall. September, 1877. Letter from Colonel William Preston Johnston, late aid to President Davis. Lexington, Va., July 14th, 1877. Major W. T. Walthall, Mobile, Ala.: My dear sir: Your letter has just come to hand, and I reply at onc of Texas, late aid to President Davis. Galveston, August 2d, 1877. Major W. T. Walthall: Dear sir: Yours of 28th came to hand a day or two since, finding me of the Confederate States. Wilmington, N. C., September 4th, 1877. Major W. T. Walthall: Dear sir: Your favor of the 14th ult. and the copy of the Philadelph
Raglan (search for this): chapter 1.5
he letter subjoined, that he himself had a water-proof of exactly the same sort, except in color, and that he turned this over to Mr. Davis, who wore it, after his capture, to supply the place of that of which he had been robbed. The very name ( Raglan ) by which Col. Johnston describes it, and by which it is commonly known, sufficiently indicates its origin and use as an article of masculine attire. Indeed, there was no female grenadier in the President's party, whose cloak would have been ca I merely replied: It would have been useless. Mr. Davis was dressed as usual. He had on a knit woolen visor, which he always wore at night for neuralgia. He wore cavalry boots. He complained of chilliness, and said they had taken away his Raglan, (I believe they were so called,) a light aquascutum or spring overcoat, sometimes called a water-proof. I had one exactly similar, except in color. I went to look for it, and either I, or some one at my instance, found it, and he wore it after
Barnwell (search for this): chapter 1.5
e, informed me of his intention and invited me to accompany him. I declined to avail myself of the favorable opportunity presented, telling him of my compact with Judge Reagan. He did escape. The conduct of the captors on that occasion was marked by anything but decency and soldierly bearing. They found no armed men-my recollection is that there was not one armed man in our camp. Mr. Davis, Judge Reagan, Colonel William Preston Johnston, Colonel John Taylor Wood, a young gentleman (a Mr. Barnwell, of South Carolina,) who escaped, and myself, constituted the President's party. Colonel Harrison, the private secretary of the President, and a few paroled soldiers, were with Mrs. Davis and party, protecting their little baggage, &c. Upon taking the camp, they plundered and robbed everyone of all and every article they could get hold of. They stole the watches, jewelry, money, clothing, &c. I believe I was the only one of the party not robbed. The man and patriot, who a few days
Mallory (search for this): chapter 1.5
inet, Breckinridge, Benjamin, and Reagan. He was really accompanied by five members of his Cabinet, Messrs. Benjamin, Mallory, Reagan, Trenholm, and Davis; Gen. Breckinridge was not among them, and did not leave Richmond until the next morning. l accuracy in Alfriend's Life of Jefferson Davis -a great part of them in the words of a narrative written by the late Mr. Mallory, Secretary of the Confederate Navyuntil the dispersion of the party at Washington, Georgia, where Mr. Mallory parted wMr. Mallory parted with him. It is not necessary to go over this ground. The incidents that follow have not been so well known, but I am enabled to give them on the best authority. If there is any inaccuracy or uncertainty, it is merely with regard to minor matters of dates, places, names, &c. Mr. Mallory's narrative mentions the passage of the Savannah river upon a pontoon bridge (which was really only a ferry flat), by the President and his escort, about daybreak on the morning of one of the early days of
W. P. Johnston (search for this): chapter 1.5
— a right, under the laws of war, of which President Davis was well aware at the time, and which he did not deny. As to the conversation recited by Wilson, Colonel Johnston, in his very temperate, cautious, and conscientious statement, appended to this article, avers most positively that no such remark was made (about Mr. Davis'the custodian of the stolen articles of Mr. Davis' wearing apparel. It is enough to know that they were both articles which he had been accustomed to wear. Colonel Johnston testifies, in the letter subjoined, that he himself had a water-proof of exactly the same sort, except in color, and that he turned this over to Mr. Davis, who wore it, after his capture, to supply the place of that of which he had been robbed. The very name ( Raglan ) by which Col. Johnston describes it, and by which it is commonly known, sufficiently indicates its origin and use as an article of masculine attire. Indeed, there was no female grenadier in the President's party, whose
John C. Breckinridge (search for this): chapter 1.5
is family and three members of his Cabinet, Breckinridge, Benjamin, and Reagan, drove rapidly to theal Wilson, by three members of his Cabinet, Breckinridge, Benjamin, and Reagan. He was really accof the rebellion. He confided his hopes to Breckinridge, and when he reached Abbeville, South Carolt cause. This council was composed of Generals Breckinridge, Bragg, and the commanders of the cavally inconsistent with such an expectation. Breckinridge was not sent to confer with Johnston, nor d the United States declined to ratify. General Breckinridge was not present and took no part in theanied them, were left, under command of General Breckinridge, to follow as soon as they could cross Meantime, advices were received from General Breckinridge, to the effect that, in the demoralizedolonel Wood, who afterwards accompanied General Breckinridge in his perilous aid adventurous voyage on is that she left some weeks beforehand. Breckinridge left on horseback, and went to General Lee,[2 more...]
Generel Wilson (search for this): chapter 1.5
rt whatever in the transaction. Leaving General Wilson to describe the disposition made of his owut in detail all the misrepresentations in General Wilson's account of this affair. I shall copy metantGeneral of the army, who, according to General Wilson, is the custodian of the stolen articles oeat many Americans — a President from whom General Wilson held his own commission — on account of a be it from me, in retaliatory imitation of General Wilson, to sneer at this incident as the ignoble fensive, less brutal, than the terms which General Wilson employs in exulting over the calamities oferms treachery, dishonor, disgrace, applied by Wilson to Jefferson Davis, admit of no reply that I c for September, 1865, who is identified by General Wilson as an officer of his command, chuckles ove knows it to be a lie. By one man rejoined Wilson, I presume you mean some one particular man? e of Georgia to give any attention to what General Wilson would have us believe of their lack of sym[15 more...]<
Benjamin (search for this): chapter 1.5
packed among the baggage, and under cover of darkness the President of the Confederacy, accompanied by his family and three members of his Cabinet, Breckinridge, Benjamin, and Reagan, drove rapidly to the train which had been prepared to carry them from Richmond. This train, it is said, was the one which had carried provisions ton atom of foundation in fact, and needs no further comment. 4th. He was also accompanied, says General Wilson, by three members of his Cabinet, Breckinridge, Benjamin, and Reagan. He was really accompanied by five members of his Cabinet, Messrs. Benjamin, Mallory, Reagan, Trenholm, and Davis; Gen. Breckinridge was not amongMessrs. Benjamin, Mallory, Reagan, Trenholm, and Davis; Gen. Breckinridge was not among them, and did not leave Richmond until the next morning. The misstatement in this case is altogether immaterial. It seems to spring out of the very wantonness and exuberance of untruthfulness in the narrator; but it serves to show how much reliance may be placed upon the accuracy of his assertions in minor matters, as well as i
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