A Guide to the Letter to an Unidentified General September 12, 1861
A Collection in the
Clifton Waller Barrett Library
The Special Collections Department
Accession Number 7519-a
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Preferred Citation
Letter to an Unidentified General, Accession #7519-a , Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.
Acquisition Information
This collection was collection was purchased by the Library on October 7, 1991.
Scope and Content Information
This collection consists of a 4-page letter from Charles Augustus Davis to an unidentified general on September 12, 1861. He writes concerning a military appointment for a young friend. Davis also says he has lost all sympathy for the South, comments on Russian and French reactions to the war, declares that he would wage a defensive war only, reports that he has incurred some financial losses from both Confederate and Union confiscations, and hopes he lives to see a successful outcome.