Colonel Samuel Cooper had held the post just a few months when Davis arrived . Davis first met Cooper on his 1837 trip to Washington , and the high recommendation given then and later by Franklin Pierce was enough to win Cooper's esteem ...
5 In the early 1990s , William C. Davis's massive Jefferson Davis : The Man and His Hour announced the arrival of the next generation of large Davis studies , placing in the shade once and for all the spate of heavy volumes that have ...
Sherman's march through the South terrorizes the Confederacy . The end has come . No doubt of the fact . Our army has so moved as to uncover Macon and Augusta . We are going to be wiped off the face of the earth .
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This volume, the first of its kind, is a selected collection of his writings culled in large part from the authoritative Papers of Jefferson Davis, a multivolume edition of his letters and speeches published by the Louisiana State ...
After the secession of eleven southern states, Jefferson Davis gave up his U.S. citizenship to accept the presidency of the Confederate States of America and led the South in the Civil War.
A biography of Jefferson Davis, who was a West Point graduate, soldier in the Black Hawk Wars, plantation master and self-made aristocrat, Secretary of War under Franklin Pierce, and the...
Let us, then, not despond, my countrymen, but relying on God, meet the foe with fresh defiance, and with unconquered and unconquerable hearts. JEFFERSON DAVIS. The dispersive system had been given up at last. The day after this address ...
This title tells the story of Jefferson Davis's life, the only president of the Southern States during their secession from the Union.
This volume, the first of its kind, is a selected collection of his writings culled in large part from the authoritative Papers of Jefferson Davis, a multivolume edition of his letters and speeches published by the Louisiana State ...
Employing newly released material from diaries and papers, an acclaimed Civil War scholar presents an incomparable and definitive biography of the president of the Confederacy.
Ex-President of the Confederate States of America, a Memoir by His Wife Varina Davis. fusion of his allies and adherents throughout the Democratic party : they looked upon the proposition as class legislation, not justified by the ...
In February 1861, Jefferson Davis told his wife that he had been elected president of the Confederacy.
Jefferson Davis: President of the Confederate States of America
This book traces the life of the Confederate leader from his childhood in Mississippi, to his years as a United States politician, through the Civil War, and his attempt to rebuild his life and reputation after the Confederacy was defeated ...
Allen Tate's portrayal of the tragic figure of the Confederacy's only president is fast-paced and compelling. This highly readable biography presents not only a life of Jefferson Davis but an...
From his family life to his political career, the story of Davis's life is included in age-appropriate detail with historical context.
Jefferson Davis: His Life and Personality
From his family life to his political career, the story of Davis's life is included in age-appropriate detail with historical context.
Follows the life of Jefferson Davis, the president of the Confederate States of America, tracing events from his childhood, through secession and the Civil War, to his life following the conflict.