Davis, Jefferson, President Confederate States Army, advises
with Lee about successor to Bragg;
differences with Beauregard and Johnston;
finally appoints Johnston;
urges aggressive action;
correspondence with Johnston;
plans thwarted by long discussion;
begs Johnston to retreat no further;
receives no encouragement from him;
sends Bragg to Atlanta to examine and report on condition of affairs;
relieves Johnston and appoints Hood;
convinced Hood needs intellectual guidance;
urges Hardee to hold Charleston, and stop Sherman on line of Combahee River;
startled by Beauregard's confession of inability to stop Sherman;
notes difference between B.'s estimate of forces available and official returns;
goes to Danville on fall of Richmond;
thence to Greensborough, North Carolina;
orders arrest of Governor Vance's peace commanders;
advised by all his generals and cabinet that further prosecution of war was hopeless;
authorizes Johnston to negotiate with Sherman;
holds last cabinet meeting at Charlotte;
unanimous decision that confederacy is conquered;
assents to Johnston's surrender;
reputed "plunder" nearly all paid out to Johnston's troops and his personal escort;
tries to escape beyond Mississippi;
captured S. E. of Macon.
Davis, Jeff. C., brigadier general United States Volunteers,
commanding division in Army of the Cumberland;
movement on Rome;
occupies Rome;
attached to McPherson's command temporarily;
assault on Kennesaw.
Dawes, Ephraim C., major 53rd Ohio,
analysis of opposing forces in Atlanta campaign.
Dawes, Rufus R., lieutenant colonel 6th Wisc.,
at Antietam;
"Service with the Sixth Wisconsin," cited.
Day, D. W. H., captain and assistant quartermaster,
accompanies General Cox on winter ride to E. Tennessee;
selects wagons and teams;
marks fords;
keeps teams moving;
secures tents and flies for army headquarters;
in charge of horses and mules sent from E. Tennessee to Kentucky for pasture;
energy commended.
Dayton, Ohio,
assaults on soldiers at, not punished by local courts;
how punished.
DeCourcey, John F., colonel 16th Ohio,
in West Virginia campaign fall of '62;
moves on Cumberland Gap.
Defensive Tactics,
generally better in rough country.
Dennison, Wm., Governor of Ohio,
prepares State for war;
appoints McClellan major general;
sends two regiments to Washington;
incessant work;
urges McClellan to occupy West Virginia in force;
at Washington;
mediates between Lincoln and McClellan;
supported by Cox in Ohio senatorial contest;
postmaster general;
entertains General Cox.
De Trobriand, P. R., colonel 55th New York,
says New York 7th furnished 300 officers for Union army.