Telegram from President Jefferson Davis to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; November 29, 1863
Title
Telegram from President Jefferson Davis to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; November 29, 1863
Subject
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877; Draft.; Mississippi. Governor; United States. Army.; United States. Colored Troops
Description
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Telegram from Confederate President Jefferson Davis to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark concerning African-American men about to be conscripted into the United States Army.
Creator
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889
Publisher
Mississippi Department of Archives and History. (electronic version); Mississippi Digital Library. (electronic version)
Date
1863-11-29
Contributor
Funding for this project provided by The Dale Center for Study of War and Society-USM, the Mississippi Department of Archives and History, the Mississippi Digital Library, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the National Historical Publications and Records Commission, the University of Southern Mississippi, and the Watson-Brown Foundation
Rights
NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES; http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Language
English
Identifier
mdah_768-953-05-127
Coverage
1863
Text
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South-Western Telegraph Company.
Columbus Miss Nov 29th 1863.
By Telegraph from Richmond 28th 1863.
To Gov Chas Clark
Your telegram of yesterday recd mine to you of 18th Inst explained the policy & instructions of the govt in relation to negro men about to be conscripted by the enemy for service in their army. The action of the Legislature, which you communicated, viewed with the deference which I feel for that body,
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leads ^me^ to revoke the instructions given, & as we concur in the object to be attained, I have to ask, that such action be taken by the State govt, as will better secure the end intended by the instructions I had given,
Jeffn Davis
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Jeff Davis
Nov 28 1863
South-Western Telegraph Company.
Columbus Miss Nov 29th 1863.
By Telegraph from Richmond 28th 1863.
To Gov Chas Clark
Your telegram of yesterday recd mine to you of 18th Inst explained the policy & instructions of the govt in relation to negro men about to be conscripted by the enemy for service in their army. The action of the Legislature, which you communicated, viewed with the deference which I feel for that body,
Page 2:
8
6
522
100
leads ^me^ to revoke the instructions given, & as we concur in the object to be attained, I have to ask, that such action be taken by the State govt, as will better secure the end intended by the instructions I had given,
Jeffn Davis
97 pd
Jeff Davis
Nov 28 1863