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Beattie, 2002, p. 212 agrees with the editors of the Jefferson Davis Papers, Baton Rouge and London, 1971–1995, that the officer was Thomas H. Taylor, not John G. Taylor as stated by the editor of Averell's memoirs, which are incomplete. Moreover, Davis himself wrote that Colonel Thomas Taylor was the messenger. Davis, Jefferson. 'The rise and fall of the Confederate government, Volume 2', New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1881. OCLC547724. Retrieved February 3, 2012. p. 584. Scharf thus also errs by stating that the messenger was Colonel Richard Taylor. Scharf, John Thomas. History of the Confederate States Navy From Its Organization to the Surrender of Its Last Vessel. New York: Rogers & Sherwood, 1887. OCLC317589712. Retrieved February 1, 2011. p.75.
Beattie, 2002, p. 212 agrees with the editors of the Jefferson Davis Papers, Baton Rouge and London, 1971–1995, that the officer was Thomas H. Taylor, not John G. Taylor as stated by the editor of Averell's memoirs, which are incomplete. Moreover, Davis himself wrote that Colonel Thomas Taylor was the messenger. Davis, Jefferson. 'The rise and fall of the Confederate government, Volume 2', New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1881. OCLC547724. Retrieved February 3, 2012. p. 584. Scharf thus also errs by stating that the messenger was Colonel Richard Taylor. Scharf, John Thomas. History of the Confederate States Navy From Its Organization to the Surrender of Its Last Vessel. New York: Rogers & Sherwood, 1887. OCLC317589712. Retrieved February 1, 2011. p.75.
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