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- GLC#
- GLC02625
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 26 June 1864
- Author/Creator
- Adams, William Wirt, 1819-1888
- Title
- to Jefferson Davis
- Place Written
- Jackson, Mississippi
- Pagination
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Confederate General Adams discusses a concentration of Union forces at Natchez, Vicksburg, and Memphis. Expects Davis, President of the Confederate States, to transfer troops from the Trans-Mississippi Department to Jackson, Mississippi. Discusses transporting troops across a river (possibly the Mississippi). Writes "I have ventured to make this suggestion in view of the possible contingencies of our struggle and in the hope that it may possibly assist you in the great labors... of your position."
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