DAVIS, JEFFERSON, C.S.A. President. Letter signed as U.S. Secretary of War, to Charles G. Faulkner, Washington, D.C., 20 June 1856, 3 pages, 4to,,an unusually detailed letter from the future Confederate chief executive on a number of military matters including "the construction and fortification of a Fort at the mouth of the Columbia River, a road to Vancouver, Indian depredations in Nebraska, payment of volunteers in the Rogue River War and the right of the President (Pierce) to call up militia to fight Indians: "[the Act] seems to be objectionable in so far as it provides for calling out Militia from two territories to be organized into one regiment..."; -- DAVIS. Autograph letter signed to "My very dear friend," Beauvoir, Miss., 30 January 1889, 2 pages, 8vo, chip missing in upper margin, lightly soiled, wistful letter recounting that "...Night before last, I attended a reunion of the survivors of the L[ouisian]a Div[ision] of the Army of V[irgini]a. From their patriotic expressions my heart was cheered by the belief there was 'Life in the old land yet'..." He affirms hope that "our cause is not lost...'" Together 2 items. (2)