"Fiction Distorting Fact": The Prison Life, Annotated by Jefferson DavisThis new study of 'Prison life' places the work and these two years in proper perspective. Davis was imprisoned and Craven was assigned to be his physician, not much more than that should be accepted as fact. This edition reproduces Davis's annotations and comments from his personal copy, along with editorial notes and explanations. It also provides a clear, objective description of Davis's life at Fort Monroe, based on evidence and Davis's own letters from prison. |
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... Union , and to return the pardoned — and , one hoped , repentant - rebel leaders to Congress . A political watershed had arrived . Few elections in American history were as important as the congressional race of 1866. The future of ...
... Union , and to return the pardoned — and , one hoped , repentant - rebel leaders to Congress . A political watershed had arrived . Few elections in American history were as important as the congressional race of 1866. The future of ...
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... Union soldiers had fought to restore the Union and nothing more . " His policy , " do you say ? By Heaven , who says so lies in his throat ! ' Twas our policy , boys , from our muster - day , Through skirmish and bivouac , march and ...
... Union soldiers had fought to restore the Union and nothing more . " His policy , " do you say ? By Heaven , who says so lies in his throat ! ' Twas our policy , boys , from our muster - day , Through skirmish and bivouac , march and ...
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... Union and make it re - effective for the ends for which it was formed . " Reconstruction , " continued Mr. Davis ... Union ; and it must strike all observers with sur- prise , that while those who strove so desperately to leave the Union ...
... Union and make it re - effective for the ends for which it was formed . " Reconstruction , " continued Mr. Davis ... Union ; and it must strike all observers with sur- prise , that while those who strove so desperately to leave the Union ...
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