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Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government 83 1 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 1. (ed. Frank Moore) 57 1 Browse Search
Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume I. 43 1 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: April 20, 1861., [Electronic resource] 39 1 Browse Search
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 1. 26 0 Browse Search
Joseph T. Derry , A. M. , Author of School History of the United States; Story of the Confederate War, etc., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 6, Georgia (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 16 4 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 16. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 16 0 Browse Search
Varina Davis, Jefferson Davis: Ex-President of the Confederate States of America, A Memoir by his Wife, Volume 2 10 0 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 2. (ed. Frank Moore) 6 0 Browse Search
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: The Opening Battles. Volume 1. 6 0 Browse Search
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Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Chapter 7: (search)
ade on February 25—within a week after my inauguration—and confirmed by Congress on the same day. The commissioners appointed were A. B. Roman of Louisiana, Martin J. Crawford of Georgia, and John Forsyth of Alabama. Roman was an honored citizen and had been governor of his native state; Crawford had served with distinction in CoCrawford had served with distinction in Congress for several years; Forsyth was an influential journalist, and had been minister to Mexico under appointment of Pierce near the close of his term, and continued so under that of Buchanan. These gentlemen, moreover, represented the three great parties which had ineffectually opposed the sectionalism of the so-called Republicans. Ex-Governor Roman had been a Whig in former years, and one of the Constitutional Union, or Bell-and-Everett party in the canvass of 1860; Crawford, as a state-rights Democrat, had supported Breckinridge; Forsyth had been a zealous advocate of the claims of Douglas. The composition of the commission was therefore such as sho
Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Chapter 11: (search)
The commission to Washington city arrival of Crawford Buchanan's alarm note of the commissioners ost in carrying this purpose into execution. Crawford—first of the commissioners—left Montgomery ontries by friendly ties, I have appointed Martin J. Crawford, one of our most esteemed and trustwortht might be made through such a commission. Crawford—now a judge of the Supreme Court of Georgia, up his lodgings. At this point, continues Judge Crawford, the crowd swelled to astonishing numbers bing his reception in the federal capital, Judge Crawford says: The feverish and emotional condie two commissioners then present, Forsyth and Crawford, addressed to Seward, Secretary of State, a n In the course of this conversation I told Judge Crawford that it was fair to tell him that the opin. I repeated this assurance in writing to Judge Crawford, and informed Governor Seward in writing wcy prevails in the Cabinet at this time. M. J. Crawford. On the same day the announcement mad[2 more...
Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Appendix L (search)
hch they are presented by Messrs. Forsyth and Crawford. He sees in them, not a rightful and accompltate, therefore, avows to Messrs. Forsyth and Crawford that he looks patiently, but confidently, forn the manner described by Messrs. Forsyth and Crawford, or in any other manner than with the consentomply with the request of Messrs. Forsyth and Crawford, to appoint a day on which they may present the is obliged to state to Messrs. Forsyth and Crawford that he has no authority, nor is he at libertA delivery of the same to Messrs. Forsyth and Crawford was delayed, as was understood, with their cos understood, with their (Messrs. Forsyth and Crawford's) consent. This is true; but it is also truast, have the honor to be John Forsyth, Martin J. Crawford, A. B. Roman. Seward in reply to theter conversing with you, I communicated to Judge Crawford in writing that the failure to evacuate Suo him each of my written communications to Judge Crawford, and informed Judge Crawford that they had[16 more...]
Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Index (search)
Powers, 165. Power of amendment, 166-68. Constitutional convention, 1787 (See Philadelphia Constitutional convention). Constitutional-Union party (See Whig party). Continental Congress, 1st, 99, 100. Expressions quoted, 100-01. Cooper, Samuel, 21, 308, 392-93. Resignation from U. S. Army, 267. Attachment to Confederate army, 267. Instructions to Gen. J. E. Johnston, 296. Telegram to Gen. J. E. Johnston, 300. Cox, General, 372, 375. Coxe, Tench, 109. Crawford, Martin J., 239, 243. Commissioner from Confederacy to Lincoln, 212-228, 229, 230. Extract from manuscript on events transpiring in Washington, 229. Crittenden, J. C., 52, 58, 216. Crozet, Colonel, 387. Cushing, Caleb, 43. Speech introducing Davis to people of Boston, 473-78. D Dallas, —, 281. Davis, Col. J. R., 302, 303. Jefferson. Extension of Missouri compromise, 10. Compromise measures of 1850, 13-14; speech in Senate, 453-56; extract from speech relative to slavery i