- Collection:
- America's Turning Point: Documenting the Civil War Experience in Georgia
- Title:
- Varina Davis letter 1865
- Creator:
- Davis, Varina, 1826-1906
- Publisher:
- Varina Davis letter, MS 2113, Georgia Historical Society, Savannah, Georgia.
- Date of Original:
- 1865
- Subject:
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
- People:
- Birge, Henry Warner, 1825-1888
Craven, John Joseph, 1822-1893
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889
Davis, Varina, 1826-1906 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- letters (correspondence)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- image/x-djvu
application/pdf - Description:
- This collection consists of a letter dated 24 June 1865, written by Varina Davis to General Henry Warner Birge, Union Commander of the District of Savannah, Georgia. The letter requests that a note be forwarded to Dr. John J. Craven, the Federal Army Surgeon assigned to Jefferson Davis at Fort Monroe.
Varina Anne Banks Howell was born on 7 May 1826, in Natchez, Mississippi to William Burr and Margaret Kempe Howell. She was a granddaughter of Richard Howell, Governor of New Jersey, 1793-1801. She died 16 October 1906 in New York City. Varina Howell married Jefferson Davis on 25 February 1845. They had six children: Samuel Emerson (1852-1854), Margaret Howell (1855-?), Jefferson, Jr. (1857-1878), Joseph Evan (1859-1864), William Howell (1861-1872), and Varina Anne (1864-1898). After the fall of the Confederacy, its leaders tried to avoid capture and trial for treason. Jefferson, Varina, and their family were captured 10 May 1865 in Irwinville, Georgia and taken to Fort Monroe where Jefferson Davis was imprisoned on 22 May 1865. Varina and the children traveled to Savannah, where they remained for two months at the Pulaski Hotel.
America's Turning Point: Documenting the Civil War Experience in Georgia received support from a Digitizing Historical Records grant awarded to the Atlanta History Center, Georgia Historical Society, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, and the Digital Library of Georgia by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:dlg_turningpoint_ghs2113-001
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/ghs/turningpoint/do:ghs2113-001
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Division of Library and Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Georgia Historical Society as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [Identification of item], Varina Davis letter, MS 2113, Georgia Historical Society, Savannah, Georgia, as presented in the Digital Library of Georgia.
- Holding Institution:
- Georgia Historical Society
- Rights:
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