The Papers of Jefferson Davis
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The Papers of Jefferson Davis: June 1841–July 1846
By Jefferson DavisIn this, the second volume of The Papers of Jefferson Davis, the documents cover Davis’ unsuccessful race for the state legislature, his selection as a Democratic state elector, his marriage to Varina Howell, his election to the U.S. ...
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The Papers of Jefferson Davis: 1862
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The Papers of Jefferson Davis: 1808–1840
By Jefferson DavisThis volume covers Davis' early years in Mississippi and Kentucky, his career at West Point, his first military assignments, and his tragic marriage to Sarah Knox Taylor.
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The Papers of Jefferson Davis: 1856--1860
By Jefferson DavisNancy Sahli, Richard N. Sheldon, and Donald Singer. Sara Dunlap Jackson has gone many an extra mile in her search for Jefferson Davis materials, and Suzanne Meyer has been her able and cheerful aide. A talented group of interns, ...
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The Papers of Jefferson Davis: September 1864–May 1865
By Jefferson DavisWheeler was imprisoned at Fort Delaware until July (Wheeler, “Effort to Rescue Davis,” Century, 56:87–88, 90; OR, ser1, v49, ptl, 537, 551, pt2, 725; Sketches of War Hist., 3:41–43; Dyer, Wheeler, 232–38, 241–42).
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The Papers of Jefferson Davis: September 1864–May 1865
By Jefferson DavisThe eleventh volume of The Papers of Jefferson Davis follows these tumultuous last months of the Confederacy and illuminates Davis’s policies, feelings, ideas, and relationships, as well as the viewpoints of hundreds of ...
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The Papers of Jefferson Davis: 1856–1860
By Jefferson Davis26 From Thomas J. Walton (DNA, RG94, USMA Applies., 1851/263): 1854 graduate of U. of Miss, from Greenwood asks chances of success in applic. to USMA; Davis AES, Feb. 9: referred to William Barks-dale for opinion; seems that Walton ...
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The Papers of Jefferson Davis: 1849–1852
By Jefferson DavisMay Seaton Dix, Associate Editor Richard E. Beringer, Visiting CoeditorIn Volume 4 of The Papers of Jefferson Davis, which covers the years 1849 to 1852, Davis had clearly chosen politics ar his life's work.
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The Papers of Jefferson Davis: June 1865–December 1870
By Jefferson DavisVolume 12 of The Papers of Jefferson Davis follows the former president of the Confederacy as he and his family fight to find their place in the world after the Civil War.
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The Papers of Jefferson Davis: October 1863–August 1864
By Jefferson DavisKenneth H. Williams, Associate Editor Peggy L. Dillard, Editorial Associate The autumn of 1863 was a trying time for Jefferson Davis.
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The Papers of Jefferson Davis: January–September 1863
By Jefferson DavisAlthough Davis suffered poor health during much of the nine-month period, he remained an active and vital leader. Volume 9 of The Papers of Jefferson Davis gives a vivid picture of the tasks he faced.
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The Papers of Jefferson Davis: January–September 1863
By Jefferson DavisAlthough Davis suffered poor health during much of the nine-month period, he remained an active and vital leader. Volume 9 of The Papers of Jefferson Davis gives a vivid picture of the tasks he faced.
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The Papers of Jefferson Davis: 1880-1889
By Jefferson DavisThe final volume of The Papers of Jefferson Davis follows the former president of the Confederacy through the completion of his two monumental works on the history of the Confederate States of America.
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The Papers of Jefferson Davis: 1871-1879
By Jefferson DavisThe volume ends with Davis's inheritance of Beauvoir, which was his last home. The editors have drawn from over one hundred manuscript repositories and private collections in addition to numerous published sources in compiling Volume 13.
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The Papers of Jefferson Davis: 1861
By Jefferson DavisVictory at Manassas produced euphoria among southerners but plunged the president into the first of several unfortunate controversies with his generals, this one over the failure to pursue the enemy and capitalize on success.Throughout 1861 ...
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The Papers of Jefferson Davis: 1853–1855
By Jefferson DavisMary Seaton Dix, Associate Editor The fifth volume of The Papers of Jefferson Davis presents 9,000 of the approximately 21,000 known Davis letters, papers, and speeches from the years 1853 through 1855, when Davis served as secretary of war ...
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The Papers of Jefferson Davis: 1862
By Jefferson DavisVolume 8 of The Papers of Jefferson Davis brings the Confederate president to the second year of the War Between the States and shows that during 1862 Davis was almost completely overwhelmed by military matters.
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The Papers of Jefferson Davis: July 1846--December 1848
By Jefferson DavisThe first item in this volume is a speech as he prepares to leave on a riverboat to serve in the Mexican War.
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The Papers of Jefferson Davis: July 1846–December 1848
By Jefferson DavisAt the end of Volume 2 Jefferson Davis had left Congress to become a colonel in the First Mississippi Regiment. The first item in this volume is a speech as he prepares to leave on a riverboat to serve in the Mexican War.
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The Papers of Jefferson Davis: September 1864--May 1865
By Jefferson DavisAllen, Felicity. jefferson Davis: Unconquerable Heart. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1999. American Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events of the Year 1865. New York: D. Appleton, 1870. American State Papers.