"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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... cells were not finished . A week before ( 14 May ) General Miles had issued orders from Washington " Regulating ... cell all night , but , Miles cautioned , " The Officer of the 55Glenn , Between North and South , 216 . 56 Holt's ...
... cells were not finished . A week before ( 14 May ) General Miles had issued orders from Washington " Regulating ... cell all night , but , Miles cautioned , " The Officer of the 55Glenn , Between North and South , 216 . 56 Holt's ...
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... cells , they lacked secure doors . Although spare , Davis's cell had all the necessities : " a hospital bed , with iron bedstead , chair and table , and a moveable stool closet . A Bible is allowed to each [ Davis and Clay ] . . The ...
... cells , they lacked secure doors . Although spare , Davis's cell had all the necessities : " a hospital bed , with iron bedstead , chair and table , and a moveable stool closet . A Bible is allowed to each [ Davis and Clay ] . . The ...
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... cell of Mr. Davis , as related immediately after its oc- currence by one who was a passive actor therein , my own connection with Mr. Davis not commencing until two days after ( May the 24th ) , when I was first detailed by Major ...
... cell of Mr. Davis , as related immediately after its oc- currence by one who was a passive actor therein , my own connection with Mr. Davis not commencing until two days after ( May the 24th ) , when I was first detailed by Major ...
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