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R         Davis, Beverly A., 1840-

204                  Letter, 1865.

                                    One folder.

 

 

 

This is a Civil War letter written by a member of the 32nd Missouri Infantry at Rouse’s Plan­tation, North Carolina, to his niece at Steelville, Missouri.  Davis commented on the capture of Richmond, Virginia, and the prospects for peace.

 

Beverly Davis was a farmer from Steelville in Crawford County, Missouri.  He enlisted in August 1862 in the 32nd Missouri Infantry, and served under Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman at Vicks­burg and on the “March to the Sea.”  By 6 April 1865 Sherman’s army was encamped at Rouse’s Plantation near Goldsboro, North Carolina.  The troops had been given official word of the fall of Rich­mond, and Davis commented in his letter to his niece at Steelville that, “I think there is a better prospect than ever at this time of having peace soon.”  The Confederate army un­der Gen. Jo­seph Johnston surrendered to Sherman on 26 April 1865 at present-day Durham, North Carolina.

 

 

 

 

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