On Nov. 6, 1861, Jefferson Davis, who had been elected president of the Provisional Government of the Confederacy on February 9, 1861, as a compromise between moderates and radicals, was confirmed by ...
On May 10, 1865, Union troops captured Confederate President Jefferson Davis near Irwinville, Georgia. Davis and his Cabinet had retreated from Richmond after Gen. Robert E. Lee’s defeat at Petersburg ...
RICHMOND, Va. (WCSC) - Jefferson Davis was elected as the first and only president of the Confederacy on Nov. 6, 1861, formalizing his role after serving as provisional president. A West Point ...
Mississippi observes Jefferson Davis' birthday, combined with Memorial Day, as a state holiday. This combined holiday is one of three Confederate holidays observed in Mississippi. While other states ...
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