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LAMB: The name Jefferson Davis come from any place special?
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Memory will ever recall Jefferson Davis as he stood with me by the coffin.
Destruction and Reconstruction: Personal Experiences of the Late War Richard Taylor
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Memory will ever recall Jefferson Davis as he stood with me by the coffin.
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In the hall he slipped into Virginia's hand another, in a "Jefferson Davis" envelope, and she thrust it in her gown -- the girl was on fire as he whispered in her ear that he had seen
The Crisis — Complete Winston Churchill 1909
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In the hall he slipped into Virginia's hand another, in a "Jefferson Davis" envelope, and she thrust it in her gown
Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill Winston Churchill 1909
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In the hall he slipped into Virginia's hand another, in a "Jefferson Davis" envelope, and she thrust it in her gown
The Crisis — Volume 06 Winston Churchill 1909
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Among the Southern statesmen involved in the events of this volume, only the President of the Confederacy has received adequate reconsideration in recent years, in William E. Dodd's "Jefferson Davis"
Abraham Lincoln and the Union; a chronicle of the embattled North 1901
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On the petition of the stockholders of the Privateer "Jefferson Davis," praying the cancellation of a bond executed to the State for armament;
Journal of the Senate of South Carolina: Being the Session of 1862. South Carolina. General Assembly. Senate 1863
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We fought for all these, and we lost in that controversy; but no man shall, in my presence, call Jefferson Davis a traitor, without my responding with a stern and emphatic denial. "
Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. John Sherman
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Jefferson Davis and his rebels were not confused about the war either.
Cheryl Wills: The Civil War at 150: No More Whistling Dixie! Cheryl Wills 2011
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