Uncategorized Poetry 9-24 29 Apr 202425 May 2024 Ode by Henry Timrod Sung on the occasion of decorating the graves of the Confederate dead, at Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, S. C., 1866 Sleep sweetly in your humble graves, Sleep,…
Uncategorized Speeches 8-24 22 Apr 202419 May 2024 Jefferson Davis' Farewell Address Senate Chamber, U.S. Capitol, January 21, 1861 I rise, Mr. President [John C. Breckinridge], for the purpose of announcing to the Senate that I have satisfactory…
Uncategorized Letters 7-24 16 Apr 202419 May 2024 Arlington, Virginia, April 20, 1861 General (Winfield Scott): Since my interview with you on the 18th inst. I have felt that I ought no longer to retain my commission in the…