Letter by Gen. Nelson Miles reporting on prisoner Jefferson Davis, August 22, 1865
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Letter by Gen. Nelson Miles reporting on prisoner Jefferson Davis, August 22, 1865
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A letter from Gen. Nelson A. Miles, in command of Fort Monroe, Hampton, Virginia, to an unnamed General. The letter was likely addressed to Assistant Adjutant General Edward D. Townsend. The letter is dated at Fort Monroe, August 22, 1865 and concerns the condition of prisoner Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States. The letter also refers to Clement Clay, a Confederate spy who lived in St. Catharines for a time during the American Civil War.
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Miles, Nelson
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1865-08-22
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Jefferson Davis
Clement Claiborne Clay
United States--History--Civil War--1861-1865
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RG 810, Letter by Gen. Nelson Miles reporting on prisoner Jefferson Davis, August 22, 1865, Brock University Archives
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