Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 to Marcus Wright
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04269 Author/Creator: Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 Place Written: Biloxi, Mississippi Type: Letter Date: 14 October 1880 Pagination: 7 p. : docket ; 20.4 x 12.7 cm. Order a Copy
Written and signed by Varina Davis, for her husband. Responds at length to General Wright's questions concerning the conduct of General Joseph E. Johnston's defense of Richmond during the Peninsula Campaign of 1862. With references to numerous letters, Davis explains his own decisions, comments on problems with supplies, and discusses the role of records in building, maintaining, and defending personal reputations. Many of Davis's official letters had scattered since the war, and so-called supporters of Davis had stolen quite a few, including much of the correspondence between Davis and Robert E. Lee. Written at Davis's home, Beauvoir.
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