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Abbeville, S. C. (South Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.5
to revive the desperate fortunes of the rebellion. He confided his hopes to Breckinridge, and when he reached Abbeville, South Carolina, he called a council of war to deliberate upon the plans which he had conceived forregenerating what had now bee was no such change of plan , fatuous or not fatuous, as represented by General Wilson. No council of war was held at Abbeville. General Bragg was not at Abbeville. No cavalry commander was a member of the last council of the Confederacy. Mr. DAbbeville. No cavalry commander was a member of the last council of the Confederacy. Mr. Davis had no wagon train. But it would be tedious and unprofitable to follow the misstatements of General Wilson and expose them in detail. They are too manifold even for enumeration. Enough bas been said to show how utterly unworthy of credit is sent, by his direction, several weeks earlier, from North Carolina southward, and after a delay of some days at Abbeville, South Carolina, had passed through Washington, Georgia, only a day before his own arrival there. They were travelling in ambu
Danville (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.5
for a more ignoble freight. As a matter of course the starving rebel soldiers suffered, but Davis succeeded in reaching Danville in safety, where he rapidly recovered from the fright he had sustained, and astonished his followers by a proclamation as assistants, and that the Secretary of War had no knowledge of any such. Mr. Harvie, the president at that time of the Danville road, also testifies (Ibid.), that ample supplies could have been sent to Amelia Courthouse for an army twice the size otom of truth. When Mr. Davis left Richmond he did not expect Lee to have to surrender. His preparations for defence at Danville would have been wholly inconsistent with such an expectation. Breckinridge was not sent to confer with Johnston, nor diis that she left some weeks beforehand. Breckinridge left on horseback, and went to General Lee, rejoining Mr. Davis at Danville. I do not doubt that all the account of the preparations for flight is purely fictitious. His statement of the conditi
West Point (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.5
private rooms at the hotel where the Federal commander was quartered, and a message was brought, inquiring whether he preferred to call on General Wilson, or to receive him in his own apartments. The answer was, that he would call on General Wilson, to whom he was accordingly conducted. (There was a reason for this use of the option offered, which it is not necessary to state.) The conversation that followed is not correctly reported by General WYilson, except that part of it relating to West Point, which was introduced by himself. Those who know Mr. Davis' keen sense of social and official propriety will not need to be told that, what is said of his criticisms upon the principal Confederate leaders is purely fictitious. No such conversation occurred, and it is simply impossible that it could have occurred under the circumstances. I deny the statement on the best authority, but no authority besides that of the moral evidence would be necessary to refute the assertion that the Co
Richmond (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.5
If he had meditated flight from the country, as is falsely pretended by General Wilson, and to facilitate this, had desired to communicate with the Shenandoah, three or four months must have elapsed before a dispatch could reach her, and an equal length of time before she could return to the coast of Florida-even if he had known her precise locality; which was a matter of great improbability under the discretionary orders under which the ship was cruising. I was, myself, commanding the James river fleet in the latter days of the war, and was in daily communication with the Navy Department, and if any such intention as that mentioned had been entertained by the Executive, I think I would have been consulted as to the whereabouts of the Shenandoah and the means of reaching her. Nothing of the kind transpired. I remain very truly yours, &c., Raphael Semmes. General Wilson continues: When Davis and his companions left Richmond in pursuance of this plan, they believed that
Buena Vista (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.5
continued to advance. This was not from desperation or foolhardy recklessness, but of deliberate purpose. I take the risk of going perhaps a little beyond the limits of the authorized use of information obtained in the freedom of personal confidence, in stating that, with the rapid process of thought and formation of design which sometimes takes place in moments of imminent peril, Mr. Davis recalled an incident of his own experience that had occurred many years before. On the field of Buena Vista, while riding along a ravine in search of a slope that his horse could ascend, he was fired at and missed by the whole front rank of a squadron of Mexican cavalry on the crest of the bank above. Remembering this, and observing that the man, who was finely mounted, was so near as to be considerably above him, he had little apprehension of being hit, and believed that, by taking advantange of the excitement of the shot, he might easily tip him from the saddle and get possession of his hors
Florida (Florida, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.5
icers, the Shenandoah should be ordered to cruise off the coast of Florida to take the fugitives on board. These orders were sent to the rebwithin reach, an order to a ship of war to cruise off the coast of Florida --a coast of more than a thousand miles in extent, with all its pond an equal length of time before she could return to the coast of Florida-even if he had known her precise locality; which was a matter of gr escort of a few paroled Confederate soldiers. Aiming to reach East Florida, their route diverged from his own, being more to the southward perilous aid adventurous voyage in an open boat from the coast of Florida to Cuba. After some delay, an officer with a paper, on which heicers, the Shenandoah should be ordered to cruise off the coast of Florida, to take the fugitives on board. These orders were sent to the rewould it have taken them to find her and bring her to the coast of Florida? And how long would the Federal navy have permitted her to remain
Lexington, Va. (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.5
y independent of all other evidence, has appeared the letter of the Hon. John H. Reagan, Confederate Postmaster-General, published in the Philadelphia Times, entirely corroborating the statements hereunto appended, and giving emphasis (if that were possible) to their exposure of the untruthfulness of 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 once. Wilson's monograph is written with a very strong animus, not to say virus. It is in no sense historical. It bears upon its face all the marks of special pleading. He states, as matters of fact, numberless circumstances which could not be of his own knowledge, and which he must have picked up as rumor or mere gossip. Single errors of this sort are blemishes; bu
Texas (Texas, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.5
el John Taylor Wood (formerly of the Confederate Navy), and Colonel Lubbock, of Texas, Aids to the President, he set off on his journey toward the southwest. How g letters from Colonels Wm. Preston Johnston and F. R. Lubbock, (Ex-Governor of Texas), both of whom were aids to President Davis, and both in company with him when e his confidence. It was, however, distinctly understood that we were going to Texas. I that day said to him that I did not believe we could get west through Missi and a bold attempt by sea from the Florida coast, we were more likely to reach Texas safely and promptly. He replied: It is true-every negro in Mississippi knows mincerely yours, Wm. Preston Johnston. Letter from Ex-Governor Lubbock, of Texas, late aid to President Davis. Galveston, August 2d, 1877. Major W. T. Walth to drop her anchor. Were these orders sent around the Horn, or overland from Texas? How long would it have taken them to find her and bring her to the coast of F
Charlotte (North Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.5
; for it is well known that Mrs. Davis and all the President's family had left Richmond some time before, and were at this very time either in Raleigh or Charlotte, North Carolina. The packing of Mr. Davis' official papers was done by the gentlemen of his personal staff; that of his wearing apparel by his servants. It would be bistice by giving it his consent and approval, but had nothing to do with the capitulation. So far was he from failing to observe the former, that he remained in Charlotte, quiescent, not only until he was informed of its rejection at Washington, but until the forty-eight hours were completed, when he mounted his horse and rode offr reply. I regret that I can give you but little information in aid of the purpose you have in mind, as I parted from Mr. Davis and the rest of the Cabinet at Charlotte; and the narrative of General Wilson professes to deal chiefly with events which occurred afterward. I was not present at the Cabinet meeting on the first Sun
Mexico (Mexico) (search for this): chapter 1.5
the limits of the authorized use of information obtained in the freedom of personal confidence, in stating that, with the rapid process of thought and formation of design which sometimes takes place in moments of imminent peril, Mr. Davis recalled an incident of his own experience that had occurred many years before. On the field of Buena Vista, while riding along a ravine in search of a slope that his horse could ascend, he was fired at and missed by the whole front rank of a squadron of Mexican cavalry on the crest of the bank above. Remembering this, and observing that the man, who was finely mounted, was so near as to be considerably above him, he had little apprehension of being hit, and believed that, by taking advantange of the excitement of the shot, he might easily tip him from the saddle and get possession of his horse. The feasibility of this design was not to be tested, however, for at this moment Mrs. Davis, seeing only his danger, and animated by a characteristic and
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