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Document Details


Title: Letter from Jefferson Finis Davis to Varina Anne Banks Howell Davis, April 23, 1865
Document type: Letter
Accessibility: Paid Only
Repository: Alexander Street Press
Collection: The American Civil War: Letters and Diaries (Subscription only)
URL: http://www.alexanderstreet4.com/cgi-bin/asp/cwld/documentidx.pl?aspdocid=S193-D091
Original Language: English
Time span: 1865
Speaker: Davis, Jefferson Finis, 1808-1889
Speaker gender: Male
Speaker date of birth: 03-Jun-1808
Speaker place of birth: Todd County, KY; Kentucky; United States; North America
Speaker race: White
Speaker occupation: Head of state; Military personnel; U.S. Representative; U.S. Senator
Age at speaking: 57
Document location: Charlotte, NC
Document date: 23-Apr-1865
People discussed: Beauregard, G.T.; Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant, 1818-1893; Johnston, Joseph Eggleston, 1807-1891; Joseph Eggleston Johnston; Lee, Robert Edward, 1807-1870; Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard; Robert E. Lee
Organizations discussed: C.S.A. Army
Topics discussed - ASP terms: Beauregard, G.T.; Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant, 1818-1893; C.S.A. Army; Johnston, Joseph Eggleston, 1807-1891; Joseph Eggleston Johnston; Lee, Robert Edward, 1807-1870; Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard; Robert E. Lee
Topics discussed - Other terms: Fugitives; Generals; Law; Lines of communication; Military; Military defeats; National government; Negotiations; Politics; Prayer and meditation; Refugee writings; Religion; Surrenders; Writing formats
ASP release: 2006-01
Document code: S193-D091-2108