... accord which gave generous political concessions to the South, Confederate President Jefferson Davis ordered Johnston to resume fighting.
officials in the Confederate government, including President Jefferson Davis, fled. ... Lee's Men Get to Keep Horses: Rations Go to Confederate Soldiers
Grant anticipated Lee's attempts to escape, however, and ordered two corps (XXIV and V) under
Jefferson Davis statue pulled down in Richmond; Va. attorney general tells judge he will defend push to remove Lee statue
Robert E. Lee's letter to Jefferson Davis explaining the surrender, the fatigue of the army and of the confederacy and the need to end the war peacefully.
Protesters tear down Jefferson Davis statue
Lee argued for making the fight at Yorktown, where the big guns at the
By this point, he believes the border states will remain in the Union.
however, turned against Hitler, as Lee never did against Jefferson Davis, who,
Despite discretionary orders from Robert E. Lee to take the heights "if practicable,"