Davis, Jefferson 1808-1889

Overview

Works:	2,656 works in 3,846 publications in 8 languages and 98,516 library holdings
Genres:	Correspondence
Roles:	Other, Correspondent, Dedicatee
Classifications:	e487, 973.7

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Publications about Jefferson Davis

Publications by Jefferson Davis

Publications by Jefferson Davis, published posthumously.

Most widely held works about Jefferson Davis

Jefferson Davis by Clement Eaton ( Book )
Jefferson Davis by Hudson Strode ( Book )
Two roads to Sumter by William Bruce Catton ( Book )
Jefferson Davis, American by William J Cooper ( Book )
The long surrender by Burke Davis ( Book )

Statesmen of the lost cause; Jefferson Davis and his cabinet by Burton Jesse Hendrick ( Book )
Jefferson Davis : the man and his hour by William C Davis ( Book )
Jefferson Davis and his generals : the failure of Confederate command in the West by Steven E Woodworth ( Book )
An honorable defeat : the last days of the Confederate government by William C Davis ( Book )
Jefferson Davis by William Edward Dodd ( Book )
Bloody crimes : the chase for Jefferson Davis and the death pageant for Lincoln's corpse by James L Swanson ( Book )
First lady of the Confederacy : Varina Davis's Civil War by Joan E Cashin ( Book )
First lady of the South : the life of Mrs. Jefferson Davis by Ishbel Ross ( Book )
Crowns of thorns and glory : Mary Todd Lincoln and Varina Howell Davis, the two first ladies of the Civil War by Gerry Van der Heuvel ( Book )
Bride of fortune : a novel based on the life of Mrs. Jefferson Davis by Harnett T Kane ( Book )
Jefferson Davis and his cabinet by Rembert W Patrick ( Book )
Jefferson Davis, unconquerable heart by Felicity Allen ( Book )
Dixie betrayed : how the South really lost the Civil War by David J Eicher ( Book )
Lincoln & Davis : imagining America, 1809-1865 by Brian R Dirck ( Book )
The death and resurrection of Jefferson Davis by Donald E Collins ( Book )

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Most widely held works by Jefferson Davis

The rise and fall of the Confederate government by Jefferson Davis ( Book )
54 editions published between 1880 and 2010 in English and Undetermined and held by 2,128 libraries worldwide
For 1881 publication, see Author Catalog.

Private letters, 1823-1889 by Jefferson Davis ( Book )
11 editions published between 1966 and 1995 in English and held by 1,032 libraries worldwide

The papers of Jefferson Davis by Jefferson Davis ( Book )
73 editions published between 1877 and 2008 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,011 libraries worldwide
Collection includes a letter (1877 March 17, Mississippi City) from Jefferson Davis to John B. Lafitte eulogizing Confederate general George A. Trenholm; also, a biographical sketch (1887) of Lafitte, and some of the reminiscences of C.W. Babbit, gathered under the title The last volley at Appomatox Court House and the apple tree (n.d.).

Fiction distorting fact" : the prison life, annotated by Jefferson Davis by John Joseph Craven ( Book )
34 editions published between 1866 and 2001 in English and held by 850 libraries worldwide
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Lee's dispatches; unpublished letters of General Robert E. Lee, C.S.A. to Jefferson Davis and the War Department of the Confederate States of America, 1862-65. From the private collection of Wymberley Jones De Renne, of Wormsloe, Georgia by Robert E Lee ( Book )
4 editions published between 1957 and 1994 in English and held by 636 libraries worldwide

Jefferson Davis, constitutionalist : his letters, papers, and speeches by Jefferson Davis ( Book )
30 editions published between 1923 and 1995 in English and Undetermined and held by 529 libraries worldwide

A short history of the Confederate States of America by Jefferson Davis ( Book )
16 editions published between 1890 and 2002 in English and held by 448 libraries worldwide

Jefferson Davis : the essential writings by Jefferson Davis ( Book )
13 editions published between 1889 and 2004 in English and held by 426 libraries worldwide
Miscellaneous letters regarding various routine matters. Of particular interest is his 19 March 1856 letter to Thomas Sidney Jesup discussing the defense of New Orleans and the acquisition of Cuba.

Report of the Secretary of War communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of February 2, 1857, information respecting the purchase of camels for the purposes of military transportation by United States ( Book )
7 editions published between 1857 and 2000 in English and held by 250 libraries worldwide

My ever dearest friend, " the letters of A. Dudley Mann to Jefferson Davis, 1869-1889 by A. Dudley Mann ( Book )
4 editions published between 1960 and 2000 in English and held by 233 libraries worldwide

Robert E. Lee by Jefferson Davis ( Book )
6 editions published between 1890 and 1983 in English and held by 219 libraries worldwide

Calendar of the Jefferson Davis postwar manuscripts by Louisiana Historical Association ( Book )
7 editions published in 1970 in English and held by 127 libraries worldwide

Reply of Hon. Jefferson Davis, of Mississippi, to the speech of Senator Douglas, in the U.S. Senate, May 16 and 17, 1860 by Jefferson Davis ( Book )
11 editions published between 1860 and 1977 in English and held by 105 libraries worldwide

Lee's dispatches : unpublished letters of General Robert E. Lee, C.S.A., to Jefferson Davis and the War Department of the Confederate States of America, 1862-65 by Robert E Lee ( Book )
1 edition published in 1994 in English and held by 99 libraries worldwide

President's message by Confederate States of America ( Book )
10 editions published between 1861 and 1864 in English and held by 76 libraries worldwide

Message of the President by Confederate States of America ( Book )
23 editions published between 1861 and 1974 in English and held by 65 libraries worldwide

Message of the President by Confederate States of America ( Book )
27 editions published between 1862 and 1865 in English and held by 34 libraries worldwide

Message of the President by Confederate States of America ( Book )
79 editions published between 1861 and 1865 in English and held by 33 libraries worldwide

Message of the President by Confederate States of America ( Book )
9 editions published between 1862 and 1865 in English and held by 30 libraries worldwide

Message of the President by Confederate States of America ( Book )
5 editions published between 1862 and 1863 in English and held by 30 libraries worldwide

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