tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1677175532307789881.post1301178776369694712..comments2023-10-11T06:50:48.255-05:00Comments on MSSPI Research Room: The First Family of the ConfederacyMississippi Society of Paranormal Investigatorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06186437228224573548noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1677175532307789881.post-7590954622459398092010-11-02T19:13:15.131-05:002010-11-02T19:13:15.131-05:00Thank you Mark for pointing out this information.
...Thank you Mark for pointing out this information.<br />I have heard the story for years about the so called "dress" and since it was not my purpose in writing this blog to debate whether it was a true rumor or a fact and since it did not really pertain to the point of the blog, I did not take the time to go into great detail in researching it as I really didn't think it mattered one way or the other what he was wearing . I think if I had been in his shoes I might have worn whatever I could get my hands on as a disguise LOL. I also did not try to debate the fact as the subject tends to still be a somewhat sore spot regarding dignity when it comes to those who still hold The Former Confederate Pres. Davis in such high regard. If there were a letter written by Varina, I was not aware of it nor did I come across such a letter in my research. If you would like to provide a source location for this letter, I would be happy to research it further and add it as a revision. Thank you for taking the time to read the article.<br />Angela LAngela Luciushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17246492381337203630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1677175532307789881.post-75826568847710000722010-10-27T09:01:41.067-05:002010-10-27T09:01:41.067-05:00Nice blog!
But maybe you should look into the &qu...Nice blog!<br /><br />But maybe you should look into the "rumor" of Davis in a dress a bit more. <br /><br />Davis' wife, Varina, wrote an eight page letter to the Blairs, not long after the capture, as you probably know. <br /><br />She actually verified nearly every part of the report by the Union soldiers.<br /><br />In her letter, she says she told the soldiers Davis was her MOTHER. <br /><br />She tried to explain away the dress, by saying it was a "dressing gown" some frilly thing, apparently, that he wore in summers when he had fevers. She also writes about two head coverings. <br /><br />Was he in a dress, though -- as the soldiers insisted for the rest of their lives-- or was it a dressing gown?<br /><br />Whatever it was, it was NOT his normal clothing. And it was NOT just a "shawl" or raggoon, or whatever other excuse they use now.<br /><br />Varina specifically said "dressing gown" probably because that MIGHT be a way to excuse her dress.<br /><br />The soldiers reported Davis and his wife went into the tent for him to change. Davis wife came out wearing the dress Davis had on!<br /><br />You could dismiss it as bizarre, but Varna's letter validates so many things the soldier's said, that the soldiers reports become much more credible.<br /><br />Varna claimed she "pleaded" with Davis to put it on. Do you "plead" with someone to put on normal clothing? Or do you plead with him to put on a dress?<br /><br />The dress issue has actually clouded up the larger issue -- Davis as cowardly when confronted.<br /><br />Davis paints himself as heroic,selfless, manly, he said he was about to kill the soldier who confronted him. As the years went on, he told more outlandish editions about the incident. <br /><br />Davis claims he was running to get his gun. Nonsense, you don't leave your gun 200 feet away, when you are being hunted, and afraid every second. And Varina would have known and said that. She said he was running for the horses, to escape.<br /><br />Varna shows Davis just stood mute, and downcast, when the soldier confronted him. The soldier apparently was using every curse word in the book to make Davis identify himself, threatening to shoot him, if he did not identify himself.<br /><br />Davis would not speak.<br /><br /> She ran to HIM, she said (and the soldiers reported the same thing) and held him, and dared the soldiers to shoot HER. Its unclear if that was the moment that she told the soldier he was her mother. My guess it, that is precisely the time she tried to pass him off as her mother.<br /><br />Now maybe you see why Varina's letter isn't widely circulated in the South.<br /><br />SO the dress "thing" was far more than a "rumor".Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10637249355762457948noreply@blogger.com