Papers, 1864.

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Papers, 1864.

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This collection centers on a copy of a speech given by General Cleburne to the regimental commanders and general officers of the Army of the Tennessee on January 2, 1864. The copy was requested from Cleburne by General W.H.T. Walker to be forwarded to Jefferson Davis. Walker considered the address inflammatory and likely to result in "ruin" and "disgrace." The document itself, signed by Cleburne, is his famous suggestion that the Confederacy, by that time in dire circumstances, should free the slaves and muster them into the Army. Cleburne outlined the main reasons this would be beneficial: 1) the wind would be knocked out of Yankee moral zeal, 2) foreign countries would be morally free to give substantial aid to the South, 3) the actual size of the Army would be greatly augmented, and 4) the black population of the South would no longer constitute a threat as spies for the enemy.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7342044

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Confederate general. From the description of Papers, 1864. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 32452526 ...