John Cabell Breckinridge was an American politician who served as the 14th vice president of the United States, with President James Buchanan, from 1857 to 1861, and as a general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. Assuming office at the age of 36, Breckinridge is the youngest vice president in U.S. history. He was also the Southern Democratic candidate in the 1860 presidential election, losing to antislavery Republican candidate Abraham Lincoln.
HEADQUARTERS JACKSON’S CAVALRY BRIGADE, May 16, 1864. ‘ Narrows, May 16, 1864. CoLongL: The latest information received of the enemy was by dispatch from Major Hakle to-day, which was forwarded…
HEADQUARTERS JACKSON’S CAVALRY BRIGADE, May 16, 1864. ‘ Narrows, May 16, 1864. CoLongL: The latest information received of the enemy was by dispatch from Major Hakle to-day, which was forwarded…
Richmond, February 8, 1865. His Excellency Z. B. VANCE, Governor of North Carolina, Raleigh, N. C.: SIR: Your letter of the 1st instant calling attention to the suffering condition of…