According to Robert E. L. Krick of Richmond in an e-mail message, the only likely candidates ... the prison adjutant, and a clerk known only as Timberlake.
Colonel Samuel Cooper had held the post just a few months when Davis arrived . Davis first met Cooper on his 1837 trip to Washington , and the high recommendation given then and later by Franklin Pierce was enough to win Cooper's esteem ...
Albert told brother Robert that summer that they resembled matchsticks bundled together . ... Of course , Pickens coveted the office again , as did William R. Davie and Daniel Huger , and Calhoun had experience enough in the past of the ...
Davis (Jefferson Davis: The Man and the Hour, LJ 11/15/91) tells their story in this new work, another example of Davis's fine storytelling skill and an indispensable guide to understanding the formation of the Confederate government.
13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 Thomas H. Ruger to Thomas J. Ruger, December 11, 1853, HCA Auction Sale, July 22, 2010. Agnes Lee Journal, November 8, 1853, Mary Custis Lee deButts, ...
11; Tindall, “True Story,” p. 26n; Ramsay, “Interesting Data,” p. xviii; Eggleston, “Narrative,” p. 171. 22. Jones, “Services ofthe 'Virginia,' ” p. 68; John McI. Kell, Recollections of a Naval Life (Washington, 1900), p.
B.R.H. Jeffares Letter George H.W. Petrie Papers Joseph S. Powell Collection Charles Coleman Thach Collection Lawrence Berry, Osprey, Florida T. H. Spann Papers Charleston Museum, Charleston, South Carolina Aiken Rhett Collection Duke ...
Three Roads to the Alamo is the definitive book about the lives of David Crockett, James Bowie and William Barret Travis—the legendary frontiersmen and fighters who met their destiny at the Alamo in one of the most famous and tragic ...
Davis firmly refutes these notions by bringing the historical Velasquez to the surface. The genuine story of Velasquez’s life is far more interesting than misguided interpretations and her own fanciful inventions.
Here is the little-known, dramatic epic of heroes Sam Houston, Stephen Austin, and a host of others, who turned the Alamo into one of the most successful rallying cries in history.
The Battlefields of the Civil War tells the stories of thirteen of the most important battles, including First Manassas, Shiloh, Antietam, Vicksburg, Gettysburg, and the Wilderness.
William C. Davis has written a compelling and complete account of this landmark conflict. The Battle at Bull Run (or Manassas) is notable for many reasons.
Complemented by more than two hundred vintage and color photographs, the chronological story of the opening and settling of the West includes the success of the Lewis & Clark survey, the fur trade, the gold rush, the Pony Express, the ...
. . Marvelous." "Mobile Register ""Davis account is the best yet produced." "New Orleans Times Picayune " William C. Davis teaches history at Virginia Tech and is the director of programs at the Virginia Center for Civil War Studies.
In this book, William C. Davis narrates one of the most memorable and crucial of the engagements fought for control of the strategically vital Shenandoah Valley -- a battle that centered on the farming community of New Market.
The Cause Lost extends that tradition of excellence with provocative new insights into the myths and realities of an endlessly fascinating subject.
Documents the everyday life of the common soldier during the Civil War, including information on what life was like for the soldiers in basic training, combat, and imprisonment.
Historian William C. Davis sheds light on Breckinridge's life throughout three key periods, spanning his career as a celebrated statesman, heroic soldier, and proponent of the reconciliation.
William C. Davis has written a gripping story of the rebel troops whose remarkable spirit and tenacity were heralded throughout the Confederacy.
In Lincoln's Men, William C. Davis draws on thousands of unpublished letters and diaries to tell the hidden story of how a new and untested president could become "Father Abraham" throughout both the army and the North as a whole.