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Account of the escape of general John Cabell Breckinridge from Richmond to Cuba, 1865

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Title	Account of the escape of general John Cabell Breckinridge from Richmond to Cuba, 1865
Creator	Breckinridge, John C. (John Cabell), 1821-1875
Summary	Account of the escape of general Breckinridge from Richmond to the Island of Cuba in 1865, written from his own recollection of the events. After Richmond's surrender in April 1865, during the American Civil War, the Secretary of War, General John Cabell Breckinridge commanded the troops that accompanied Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States, and his cabinet. Davis was captured but Breckinridge evaded arrest and imprisonment by fleeing with a group of his men through the South and finally to Florida and Cuba. After remaining a few days in Cuba he traveled to England
Subject	Breckinridge, John C. (John Cabell), 1821-1875 Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 Cuba
Genre	Manuscripts Documents
Date	1865
Coverage Temporal	1860-1870
Physical Description	1 manuscript, 48 pages
Language	eng
Repository	University of Miami Libraries. Cuban Heritage Collection.
Collection Title	Cuban Historical & Literary Manuscripts Collection
Collection No.	CHC0347
Container	Box No. 1B; Folder No. 3; Folder Title: Breckinridge, Gen. John C.; Folder Date: 1821 - 1875.
Provenance	Hamill & Barker
Copyright	http://merrick.library.miami.edu/digitalprojects/copyright.html
Object ID	chc0347000219

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