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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC06784 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to the 1870s |
| Title | Jefferson Davis to Crafts J. Wright issuing a vehement denial of claims that Davis started the war |
| Date | 12 February 1876 |
| Author | Davis, Jefferson (1808-1889) |
| Recipient | Wright, Crafts J. |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Signature removed. Davis denies that he "instigated and precipitated" the Civil War, and that he "left the U.S. Govt. to be made Presdt. of the Confederate Govt." Davis also addresses the questions of "Negro" Troops and exchange of "Negro" prisoners. With asterisked noted written upside down at top of p. 7. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Confederate General or Leader Confederate States of America Politics Government and Civics Union Forces Prisoner of War African American Troops African American History |
| People | Davis, Jefferson (1808-1889) Wright, Crafts J. (1808-1883) |
| Place written | Memphis, Tennessee |
| Theme | Reconstruction; African Americans; Slavery & Abolition; Government & Politics |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |