Letter to Genl. Montgomery Meigs 1865 June?

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Letter to Genl. Montgomery Meigs 1865 June?

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Davis pleads to be allowed to see or correspond with her husband "The reports harrow me so that under happier circumstances I should be unequal to hearing them. Entreat that I may be allowed to go south out of this unhealthy climate with my unacclimated little children, while my scanty means suffices for the purpose. If required as a witness after putting my elder children to school abroad, I will gladly return for the purpose. Or if allowed to remain in the North until after my Husband's trial, I will bind myself not to do aught prredjudicial to your government, and I think you could vouch for my rigid adherence to the parole. Please answer by telegram, I have been three weeks in suspence. Tell me what you know of Mr. Davis' health." On verso is a note by Major General H.W. Birge, 1865 June 16, authorizing the transmittal of Davis' letter by telegraph "when it can be done without interfering with military business."

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Meigs, Montgomery C. (Montgomery Cunningham), 1816-1892

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Montgomery C. Meigs was an army officer and engineer. He was born in Augusta, Ga. on May 3, 1816. Meigs graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1836, where he studied civil and military engineering. Meigs was engaged in several federal engineering and surveying projects from 1836 to 1851. Between 1852 and 1860, he was supervising engineer for the Washington Aqueduct and for the U.S. Capitol dome and wings. Meigs served as a brigadier general during the Civil War and parti...

Davis, Varina, 1826-1906

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Second wife of Confederate States of America president Jefferson Davis. From the description of Letter and article: New York [N.Y.], 1905 Oct. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 29417912 First Lady of Confederacy. From the description of Letter: Montgomery [Al.], 1863 March [1]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122415155 Author; wife of Jefferson Davis [1808-1889], president of the Confederacy. From the description of V...

Birge, Henry Warner, 1825-1888

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Birge was born at Hartford, Connecticut. At the opening of the Civil War Birge organized the first state regiment of three-year troops, the 4th Connecticut Infantry, in which he was appointed major. After service in Maryland and Virginia he was commissioned colonel of the 13th Connecticut Infantry in February 1862 and was placed in command of the defenses of New Orleans. In December of the latter year he was appointed to the command of a brigade, which he retained through the first Red River ...

Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889

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Mary Ann Lamar Cobb (1818-1889), wife of Gen. Howell Cobb (1815-1868). From the description of Letter to Mary Ann Lamar Cobb, 1888 Oct. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38476494 Jefferson Davis (1808-1889) was born in Kentucky. He attended Transylvania University for a short time before enrolling at West Point in 1824, at the age of 16. He graduated in 1828 and immediately joined the First Infantry. His regiment was engaged in the Blackhawk War of 1831. In 1833, he became a...