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3 unusual facts about Jim Limber


Jim Limber

Some recounts of the story say this was due to a swift kidnapping of Limber by the Union Army, while other accounts say that the Davises recognized a Union general they knew well, Rufus Saxton.

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When the Davises were captured by Union forces in Irwinville, Georgia, on May 15, Jim was separated from them.

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Jim Limber, also known as Jim Limber Davis, was a mulatto boy who was briefly a ward of Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederate States of America.



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