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Document Details


Title: Letter from Varina Anne Banks Howell Davis to Jefferson Finis Davis, May, 1862
Document type: Letter
Accessibility: Paid Only
Repository: Alexander Street Press
Collection: North American Women's Letters and Diaries (Subscription only)
URL: http://www.alexanderstreet4.com/cgi-bin/asp/nawld/documentidx.pl?aspdocid=S193-D066
Original Language: English
Time span: 1862
Speaker: Davis, Varina Anne Banks Howell, 1826-1906
Speaker gender: Female
Speaker date of birth: 07-May-1826
Speaker place of birth: Natchez, MS; Mississippi; United States; North America
Speaker race: White
Speaker occupation: First Lady; Politician's wife; Writer
Age at speaking: 36
Document location: Raleigh, NC
Document date: May-1862
Historical events discussed: Peninsular Campaign, March-July, 1862; U.S. Civil War, 1861-1865
Topics discussed - ASP terms: Peninsular Campaign, March-July, 1862; U.S. Civil War, 1861-1865
Topics discussed - Other terms: Military; Military campaigns; Refugee writings; Writing formats
ASP release: 2006-01
Document code: S193-D066-11