Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America.

Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America.

President of the Confederate States of America. Graduated from West Point, 1828. Although Davis resigned his U.S. Army commission in 1835 to become a Mississippi planter, he served in the Mexican War. Served as both a U.S. representative and U.S. senator from Mississippi, and Secretary of War in...

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Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America.
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Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889; Politics & government; Presidents--Confederate States of America; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
description President of the Confederate States of America. Graduated from West Point, 1828. Although Davis resigned his U.S. Army commission in 1835 to become a Mississippi planter, he served in the Mexican War. Served as both a U.S. representative and U.S. senator from Mississippi, and Secretary of War in the Pierce administration. In January 1861, Davis was appointed a major general in the Mississippi militia. In February 1861, Davis became president of the Confederate States of America and served in that capacity until captured in May 1865. Source: Boatner, Mark M. The Civil War Dictionary. New York: Vintage Books, 1988.
spelling Q0000000243Q243Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America.President of the Confederate States of America. Graduated from West Point, 1828. Although Davis resigned his U.S. Army commission in 1835 to become a Mississippi planter, he served in the Mexican War. Served as both a U.S. representative and U.S. senator from Mississippi, and Secretary of War in the Pierce administration. In January 1861, Davis was appointed a major general in the Mississippi militia. In February 1861, Davis became president of the Confederate States of America and served in that capacity until captured in May 1865. Source: Boatner, Mark M. The Civil War Dictionary. New York: Vintage Books, 1988.1860-1869Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889; Politics & government; Presidents--Confederate States of America; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865Still imagePhotographs; Cartes-de-visite; Studio portraitsPollard, Charles T.Charles T. Pollard Confederate officers photograph albumLPP40, #01v8539Alabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36130EnglishThis material may be protected under U. S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S. Code) which governs the making of photocopies or reproductions of copyrighted materials. You may use the digitized material for private study, scholarship, or research. Though ADAH has physical ownership of the material in its collections, in some cases we may not own the copyright to the material. It is the patron's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in our collections.600 PPI TIFFLPP00295http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/photo/id/6557
title Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America.
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