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Showing posts with label Jefferson Davis. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jefferson Davis. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 6, 2026

Diary of Private Adam S. Johnston, March 26, 1863

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Went on picket out on the field where Jeff. Davis made a speech to his men, 2½ miles from Murfreesboro' camp, making a march of 5 miles....
Wednesday, April 22, 2026

Senator Jefferson Davis to Governor Albert G. Brown,* October 3, 1847

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Reports of the Battles of Monterey and Buena Vista. (From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History.) Brierfield 3d Oct. 1847 G...
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Colonel Jefferson Davis to Brigadier General John A. Quitman,* September 26, 1846

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(From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History.) Monterey. 26th Sept. 1846. Gen Quitman,           Comdg 2d Brig. 1st Div. Vols, S...
Tuesday, April 21, 2026

Colonel Jefferson Davis to Brigadier General John A. Quitman, Undated

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(From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History.) Additional Report. Gen Quitman,           Comdg. 2 Brig. 1st Div. Vols. Sir, o...
Saturday, April 4, 2026

Diary of Elvira J. Powers, Tuesday, April 12, 1864

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Have visited Hospital, No. 8, as well as No. 1, several times since I have been here, and am priviledged to carry some delicacies, and write...
Wednesday, January 28, 2026

Jefferson Davis to John Jenkins, September 21, 1847

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(From Vicksburg Sentinel, September 29, 1847.) Brierfield, Sept. 21st, 1847. John Jenkins Esq: Dear Sir:—In your paper of the 1st inst., I ...

A. McWillie and others to Jefferson Davis, July 16, 1847

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(From Vicksburg Sentinel, September 29, 1847.) Buena Vista, Mexico,           July 16th, 1847. Genl. Jefferson Davis—Sir: — As you will doub...

Jefferson Davis to A. McWillie and others, August 19, 1847

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(From Vicksburg Sentinel, September 29, 1847.) Brierfield, Warren co., Miss.,           August 19th, 1847. Gentlemen:—I have the honor to ac...

Jefferson Davis to Caleb Goldsmith Forshey, September 24, 1847

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(From Natchez Courier, October 6, 1847.) Brierfield, Miss., Sept. 24, 1847. C. G. Forshey, Esq., of Com. of Invitation: Dear Sir—When I rece...
Thursday, December 18, 2025

Major General Winfield Scott to John J. Crittenden, April 3, 1854

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NEW YORK, April 3, 1854. Dear CRITTENDEN,—Herewith I inclose you a copy of General Smith's letter that you supposed would soon reach m...
Wednesday, November 5, 2025

Diary of Private Seth J. Wells, January 12, 1863

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We were called up at half past three this morning and were on the road inside an hour, and by sunrise were four miles on the way. We arrived...
Thursday, October 2, 2025

Diary of Corporal John Worrell Northrop: Friday, July 8, 1864

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Prisoners arrive, 300, taken at James Island, S. C., the 3rd, belonging to the 52nd Pennsylvania, also a squad from Virginia. Fierce lightni...
Tuesday, September 30, 2025

Speech of Senator John C. Calhoun on His Resolutions in Reference on the War with Mexico Delivered in the United States Senate, January 4, 1848

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RESOLUTIONS. Resolved , That to conquer Mexico, and to hold it, either as a province or to incorporate it in the Union, would be inconsist...