Papers of Jefferson Davis [manuscript], 1877-1887.

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Papers of Jefferson Davis [manuscript], 1877-1887.

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Collection includes a letter (1877 March 17, Mississippi City) from Jefferson Davis to John B. Lafitte eulogizing Confederate general George A. Trenholm; also, a biographical sketch (1887) of Lafitte, and some of the reminiscences of C.W. Babbit, gathered under the title The last volley at Appomatox Court House and the apple tree (n.d.).

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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...

Lafitte, John Baptiste, 1822-1887

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Trenholm, George Alfred, 1806-1876

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Secretary of Confederate Treasury; member of South Carolina House of Representatives; cotton broker and native of Charleston, S.C.; Trenholm owned John Fraser & Company of Charleston, S.C., and shipped sea island cotton to Fraser, Trenholm, and Co. (Liverpool, England); Trenholm also owned interests in interests in steamships, railroads, banks, hotels, plantations, wharves, and cotton presses; father of William Lee Trenholm (1836-1901), who served as Captain, Company B, Seventh Regiment, Sou...