Some Strange activities associated with Elmira.

[SSlater]

(08-22-2017 01:52 PM)RJNorton Wrote:  

(08-21-2017 12:11 AM)SSlater Wrote:  Mr. Stewart said upon your advice he had come to consult with me upon a project he had in view, especially as to its morality.

Was this a reference to Dr. Luke Blackburn's yellow fever plot?

IMO I think that the comment on "Morality" was to the idea that they were going to release prisoners of war, so that they could go back to war. Whatever the reference, I believe it would refer to the new plan.

The people running the show, were not very trustful of their compatriots. They squabbled all the time. Thompson was appointed by Pres. Davis and his second in command was appointed through the War Dept. Each thought he was the big boss. (I favor Thompson). I wonder who got the $20,000 that was intended for Stewart. That money WAS NOT LOST! One of the other grabbed it. I guess it was Thompson, because he eventually gave Stewart $500 to live on.
Thompson was very aware of Canada's stepped-up security ( they passed an "Alien Act" on 6 Feb. 1865" )

I'm trying to study what really happened. For one: E. G. Lee was nominated for the rank of General, but it was never confirmed. I think that he never raised the Amy that he was sent there to do.
In the back part of Harney's book he talks about the Army that Lee was to raise and attack the U.S. from Canada (with the help of Copperheads and Knights of Something or other.)

Take for example the Saint Albans Raid. That was supposed to be a Military Mission. I call it a money grab that made some Raiders rich.

Did you ever read a book called "Niagara on the Lake"? That's a post-war story about the Confederate higher-archy meeting in a town of that name and divided up Treasury money. (Including Davis).
Did you ever read about Davis getting sick near the end of the war and appointing Benjamin - to run the country- ? That shows up in many of his orders "the president has ordered me to have you do this or that. In one case he wrote orders for E.G. Lee to carry to Montreal and give to Thompson - he says "The President has ordered me to have you take the remainder of the Treasury to England and have it deposited in MY ACCOUNT, IN MY NAME . Nothing like taking care of your retirement, at the expense of all others.

This gives you an idea of a project I am working on, that involves the people remaining in Canada at the end of the war. (Including DAVIS)