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Excerpt from The Dixon Abraham Lincoln Jefferson Davis Tradition
But if Davis had been given a furlough, how could he enjoy it and fight through the war at the same time, statement or no statement and speech or no speech, to the contrary? Another almost remarkable, and at the same time altogether pleasant, explanation came to the rescue through the great kindness of George Wilson, of Lexington, Missouri, when we bumped into each other as we did during my long years of exploration.
George Wilson laid the story before me: His father, Lieu tenant George Wilson, was stationed at Fort Crawford Prairie du Chien - in 1832, and, with the troops of Zachary Taylor and General Atkinson, came to Dixon. He was the chum and confidant of Davis and delivered letters between Davis and Miss Taylor when an elopement was contemplated. Davis had started down the Mississippi for Kentucky on his furlough, but when at or near Jefferson Barracks, Missouri, he met Atkinson and his troops preparing for their departure up-stream on April 8th, once more to drive back Black Hawkwho was preparing for another raid into Illinois, he abandoned his furlough and returned to Fort Armstrong with Atkinson. With this positive explanation, I should have felt justified in handing our debunking friend, who was trying to steal old Dixon's glory, a piece of my mind.
Fortunately I kept still, because Wilson was mistaken. With the further information I secured from Washington, I learned that Davis left Fort Crawford March 26, 1832, on his sixty-day furlough and went straight to Mississippi, where he passed the sixty - day period. Once more I found myself at sea, struggling not only with this later information but with the almost hope less odds added that on May 26, the day of the expiration of his furlough, Davis applied for the four months additional period allowed in his original furlough if desired. Furthermore I learned that this application for the additional four months had been allowed on July 21, just a few days before the termi nation of the war. I have a photostatic copy of Davis application and here it is.
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