"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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... command in June 1863 , Halpine obtained a medical discharge . When Halpine returned to New York City , he served on the staff of Horatio Seymour , New York's Democratic governor . There , in July 1863 , he helped subdue the passions of ...
... command in June 1863 , Halpine obtained a medical discharge . When Halpine returned to New York City , he served on the staff of Horatio Seymour , New York's Democratic governor . There , in July 1863 , he helped subdue the passions of ...
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... command ; cabinet officers ; a staff of devoted adherents ; and ambassadors , though not officially recognised , at all the courts of Europe . Nearly a million of lives - by battle , disease , and starvation— have been sacrificed for ...
... command ; cabinet officers ; a staff of devoted adherents ; and ambassadors , though not officially recognised , at all the courts of Europe . Nearly a million of lives - by battle , disease , and starvation— have been sacrificed for ...
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... command ? Or those later days under Mr. Buchanant when , as the most powerful member of the Military Committee of the Senate , similar honors were paid on his arrival at every national work— even during those final moments when he was ...
... command ? Or those later days under Mr. Buchanant when , as the most powerful member of the Military Committee of the Senate , similar honors were paid on his arrival at every national work— even during those final moments when he was ...
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