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Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 [Message of the President from Jefferson Davis to the Confederate Congress]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08488 Author/Creator: Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 Place Written: Richmond, Virginia Type: Pamphlet Date: January 12, 1863 Pagination: 16 p. : Height: 24.5 cm, Width: 14.5 cm Order a Copy

Annual message in which Davis discusses the state of the war. Comments on the simultaneous advance by Federal troops on two fronts and assures Congress that the Confederate armies will repulse them. Mentions the reasons for the Civil War, arguing that they date back to the Articles of Confederation.

Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889
Confederate States of America. President

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