sara dorsey was a woman ahead of her time. professional writer back when women were want professional women were not professional writers. she lived in new orleans. a lot of people do not know this but sara dorsey owned the west virginia pronunciation for wherever jefferson davis lived after the war. in biloxi, mississippi. sara dorsey owned it. jefferson davis lived there. i thought jefferson davis lived there but he didn't. apparently she had written to hood and ised when you took command of the army in tennessee in atlanta what were your plans. what were you trying to do at that point in the war? these are his words. new orleans, march 30. 1867. my experience as a soldier taught me at an early day an army could not retreat in the face of the enemy without great loss of spirit and numbers. the army of tennessee when i assumed command having lost over 25,000 affected men during a retreat of over 100 miles was not in condition for pitched battle. as we can alone rely on offensive flows to guard long lines such as the one from

it is kind of convenient because sara dorsey dies up breast cancer. they have a home to live in. it is not a nice way of happening, but it kind of worked out. they kind of finally have a place to be at peace. winnie becomes a secretary and they stroll the beach together. it does not do that well at the press. solely over time it starts to restore his reputation and he becomes a martyr of the lost cause. it has worked slowly but people start to see him in this light as they hear more about fort monroe and the terrible conditions he faced and what he gave up for his family and country or for the south. his reputation is being rehabilitated. there are a bunch of monuments all across the south. the money is raised by the united daughters of the confederacy. he and winnie go on a train trip to dedicate all of these monuments. on this trip, there is a fateful day -- it is always in april. in april, near west point am a georgia in 1886, jefferson davis is feeling ill. it is dusty and hot. he does not feel like performing today. general john gordon is a southern confederate hero. he is a