Jefferson Davis - Endorsement Signed - Defends John Bell Hood After His Defeat

Description: JEFFERSON DAVIS & ISHAM G. HARRIS. Jefferson Davis (1808–1889) was an American military officer and politician who, after serving as a U.S. Congressman, Senator, and Secretary of War, was the first and only president of the Confederacy from 1861 until its collapse at the end of the American Civil War. CIVIL WAR-DATED AUTOGRAPH ENDORSEMENT SIGNED BY CONFEDERATE PRESIDENT JEFFERSON DAVIS ON THE BACK OF AN AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED BY FORMER TENNESSEE GOVERNOR ISHAM G. HARRIS Civil War-dated autograph endorsement signed by President Jefferson Davis with his initials on the back of an autograph letter signed by former Tennessee Governor Isham G. Harris. Contains three pages on blindstamped bifolium, accompanied with Davis’ endorsement on the fourth and final page, measures 8 by 5 inches, created in Tuscumbia, Alabama on December 25, 1864 (the last Christmas of the Civil War), and in pristine condition. PRESIDENT DAVIS AGREES WITH GOVERNOR HARRIS’ DEFENSE OF GENERAL JOHN BELL HOOD FOLLOWING HIS DEFEAT AT THE BATTLE OF NASHVILLE Former Governor Harris defends the actions of General John Bell Hood at the Battle of Nashville: “I arrived here last night leaving the Army some 15 miles beyond the Tennessee river on the Bainbridge route. Our Stay in Tennessee way so short and engagements so constant and pressing that we did not recruit to any considerable extent. If we could have remained there a few weeks longer we could and would have recruited to a great extent. The men were there and thousands were making their Arrangements to join the Army, but the unfortunate result of the battle at Nashville and immediate retreat of the Army was very discouraging to Our people. I hope however to be able to get a great many of those men and notwithstanding we have left the state. I have been with Genl. Hood from the beginning of this Campaign and beg to say, disastrous as it ended, I am not able to see anything that Genl. Hood has done that he should not or neglected anything that he should have done which it was possible to do. Indeed the more that I have seen and Known of him and his policy the more I have been pleased with him, and regret to say that if all had performed their parts as well as he, the results would have been different. But I will not detain Col. Johnson except to say or rather to Suggest that if Genl. Hood is to Command this Army He should by all means be permitted to organize the Army according to his own views of the necessities of the Case. Very Respectfully, Isham G. Harris.” President Davis vindicates General Hood by forwarding him a copy of Governor Harris’ letter: “File- send one to Genl. Hood. J.D.” “THE UNFORTUNATE RESULT OF THE BATTLE AT NASHVILLE AND IMMEDIATE RETREAT OF THE ARMY WAS VERY DISCOURAGING TO OUR PEOPLE…I HAVE BEEN WITH GENL. HOOD FROM THE BEGINNING OF THIS CAMPAIGN AND BEG TO SAY, DISASTROUS AS IT ENDED, I AM NOT ABLE TO SEE ANYTHING THAT GENL. HOOD HAS DONE THAT HE SHOULD NOT OR NEGLECTED ANYTHING THAT HE SHOULD HAVE DONE WHICH IT WAS POSSIBLE TO DO. INDEED THE MORE THAT I HAVE SEEN AND KNOWN OF HIM AND HIS POLICY THE MORE I HAVE BEEN PLEASED WITH HIM, AND REGRET TO SAY THAT IF ALL HAD PERFORMED THEIR PARTS AS WELL AS HE, THE RESULTS WOULD HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT…IF GENL. HOOD IS TO COMMAND HIS ARMY HE SHOULD BY ALL MEANS BE PERMITTED TO ORGANIZE THE ARMY ACCORDING TO HIS OWN VIEWS OF THE NECESSITIES OF THE CASE.” Isham G. Harris (1818-1897) was an Tennessean politician who served as Governor from 1857 to 1862. He convened the special session of the state legislature to secede from the Union. After the War, he served as a U.S. Senator from 1877 to 1897. John Bell Hood (1831–1879) was a U.S. military officer who served as a Confederate general during the Civil War. He gained a reputation as a talented field commander during the Peninsula Campaign and the Second Battle of Bull Run in 1862. Hood served as a division commander at the Battles of Antietam and Fredericksburg and lost a leg and the use of one of his arms after being severely wounded at the Battles of Gettysburg and Chickamauga in 1863. Promoted to full general in 1864, he served in independent command over the Army of Tennessee during the Atlanta Campaign. Hood’s aggressive tactics ultimately proved futile against William T. Sherman’s larger Union force and he later suffered a major defeat at the Battle of Nashville on December 16, 1864. University Archives. General J.B. Hood, Superb Signed Display.

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