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Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 to Governor Harris Flanagin

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01352 Author/Creator: Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 Place Written: Richmond, Virginia Type: Letter signed Date: April 3, 1863 Pagination: 5 p. : docket ; Height: 32 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

Davis writes to the Governor of Arkansas asking for his aid in providing defense of Mississippi. States that the defense of the Mississippi River is of primary importance and because of this, the defense of "Vicksburgh and Port Hudson" are also necessary. Bemoans the diminishing number of troops in Arkansas. States he has appealed to the Arkansas delegation in Congress to try and get more troops and copies a passage from the letter he sent. "It is not in my opinion wise or proper to encourage the idea of retaining in each State its own troops for its own defense, and thus giving strength to the fatal error of supposing that this great war can be waged by the Confederate States severally and not unitedly with the least hope of success." The last page is a half-leaf of paper.

Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889
Flanagin, Harris, 1817-1874

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