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Tag Archives: Jefferson Davis
What Caused the Civil War According to the Confederates
The True Cause of the Civil War—A Never-Ending Debate If you’re in the mood to start a good argument, just ask someone a very simple question: “What caused the American Civil War?” In many parts of the United States, especially … Continue reading
Samuel Upham: The Counterfeiter Who Helped Win the Civil War
Who Was Samuel Curtis Upham? It was early in 1862, and the Civil War had been raging for almost a year. Samuel Curtis Upham owned a little store in Philadelphia where he sold perfumes, drugs, cosmetics, stationery, and newspapers. But … Continue reading
The Fall of Richmond in the American Civil War: The Inside Story
Weitzel’s Order Announcing the Occupation of Richmond Headquarters Detachment Army of the James, Richmond, Va., April 3, 1865. Major-General Godfrey Weitzel, commanding detachment of the Army of the James, announces the occupation of the city of Richmond by the Armies … Continue reading
Posted in Civil War History, Confederate States of America, End of the Civil War
Tagged Abraham Lincoln in Richmond, Burning of Richmond, Civil War diaries, Confederate capital, End of the Confederacy, Fall of Richmond, Jefferson Davis, John Beauchamp Jones, Judith McGuire, Richmond April 1865, Richmond evacuation, Robert E. Lee, Ulysses S. Grant, Union occupation of Richmond
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Why Abraham Lincoln Refused to Respect Jefferson Davis
Was the Confederacy a New Nation? History records that Jefferson Davis was the first president of the Confederate States of America. But there was one man who never conceded to Davis the dignity of that title. That man was Abraham … Continue reading
Posted in Abraham Lincoln, American Civil War, Civil War Politics
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Alexander Stephens, Confederate government, Confederate insurgents, Confederate States of America, Hampton Roads Peace Conference, Jefferson Davis, Lincoln and secession, Lincoln political strategy, Secession and the Constitution, Union preservation, Was the Confederacy a nation
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Varina Davis’s critical assessment of Confederate spy Rose Greenhow
As a Confederate spy in Washington, Rose Greenhow used her relationships with men in high level positions in the Union government or military to gain access to sensitive information. She was eventually caught, imprisoned in Washington, then banished across Confederate … Continue reading
Virginia’s Governor urges use of slaves as Confederate Soldiers
By December of 1864 it was clear to anyone who cared to see that the Confederacy was fast approaching exhaustion. Union armies under Grant in Virginia and Sherman in Georgia had placed a chokehold on the military resources of the … Continue reading
Posted in Black Confederates, Black soldiers, Jefferson Davis, Secession, Slavery, The Confederacy
Tagged Andrew Martin Chandler, black Confederate soldiers, black Confederates, Civil War, Confederacy, Confederate government, Confederate states, Confederates, Jefferson Davis, Patrick Cleburne, RonElFran, Silas Chandler, the Confederacy, William "Extra Billy" Smith
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States rights would doom the Confederacy even if they won the war
Would the Confederacy have become a powerful nation if they had won the Civil War? Probably not. Their commitment to state sovereignty would have soon torn them apart. [ This article is being expanded and moved to another site: stay … Continue reading
Mary Elizabeth Bowser: A Union Spy in Jefferson Davis’s House
In the final months of the American Civil War, Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America, knew that critical information was somehow being leaked to the Union Army under General Ulysses S. Grant. He was right about the … Continue reading
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Tagged confederate president jefferson davis, Confederate White House, confederate white house richmond, Jefferson Davis, jefferson davis civil war, jefferson davis home, jefferson davis wife, Mary Elizabeth Bowser, mary elizabeth bowser biography, mary elizabeth bowser pictures, mary elizabeth bowser timeline, Union spies; secret agents, varina davis
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Jefferson, who?
This past Wednesday at Bible Study in my church, I was making a point about the necessity of forgiving people who have hurt or offended us. To illustrate the idea that forgiveness is even more important to the one who … Continue reading
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