Annals of Cleveland

Breckenridge, Gen. John C.

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252

Cleveland Morning Leader, 23 January 1864 (ed; 10 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.1 ~ View at ChronAm

252 - L. Jan. 23; ed: 2/1, 2 The Rebel Generals Hardee, Stevenson,
Cheatham, and Breckenridge appealed to Jeff Davis and the Rebel Congress,
beseeching them to establish a military dictatorship. -
"Will some of our Northern Copperhead sympathizers tell us what has
become of States Rights in the kingdom of the Arch Rebel? Will they
please inform the people why they do not condemn the centralizing influ-
ence of the Confederate Government, when Rebel Generals propose such
things as we have mentioned here, for those struggling wretches in the
South?" (10)

Confederacy

Index terms:

Breckenridge, Gen. John C.; Cheatham, Gen.; Confederacy; Davis, Jeff; Hardes, Gen.; South; Stevenson, Gen.