Yes, he did- he was there for 3 years from 1821-24, between leaving Jefferson College in Washington, Mississippi and enrolling at the West Point Military Academy.
Yes, he did- he was there for 3 years from 1821-24, between leaving Jefferson College in Washington, Mississippi and enrolling at the West Point Military Academy.
Jefferson Davis was a member of the Class of 1828 and graduated from the US Military Academy at West Point. He also attended Transylvania University in Kentucky.
Jefferson Davis was a member of the Class of 1828 and graduated from the US Military Academy at West Point. He also attended Transylvania University in Kentucky.
Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky was a traditional college of arts and sciences, where subjects like Christian theology, mathematics, literature, and various scientific courses were taught. It had an excellent reputation, and by all accounts, Jefferson Davis was a very good student.
Yes, Jefferson Davis did attend westpoint.
No, Jefferson Davis's father, while not terribly wealthy, was a landowner and was able to send his son to Transylvania University in Kentucky and then to the United States Military Academy at West Point.
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Jefferson Davis was a member of the Class of 1828 and graduated from the US Military Academy at West Point. He also attended Transylvania University in Kentucky.
Jefferson Davis was a member of the Class of 1828 and graduated from the US Military Academy at West Point. He also attended Transylvania University in Kentucky.
Jefferson Davis was a member of the Class of 1828 and graduated from the US Military Academy at West Point. He also attended Transylvania University in Kentucky.
Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky was a traditional college of arts and sciences, where subjects like Christian theology, mathematics, literature, and various scientific courses were taught. It had an excellent reputation, and by all accounts, Jefferson Davis was a very good student.
Yes, Jefferson Davis did attend westpoint.
No, Jefferson Davis's father, while not terribly wealthy, was a landowner and was able to send his son to Transylvania University in Kentucky and then to the United States Military Academy at West Point.
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Jefferson Davis first met Albert Sidney Johnston when they both attended Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky. This was a prestigious university at that time. Davis was two years behind Johnston. Each were soon to meet again as both men graduated from West Point.Later, Johnston would later be a Confederate general, and Davis the Confederate president.
General Albert S. Johnston and Jefferson Davis had both attended Transylvania University and the US Military Academy together. Johnston resigned his US Army commission and arrived in Richmond on September 5, 1861. Five days later, Davis appointed his long time friend to command Confederate forces west of the Appalachian Mountains.
The main influence in Davis' life was probably his older brother, Joseph. Their father died when Jefferson was a very young boy, and Joseph, who was many years older and a successful person, raised Jefferson and paid for his education and generally acted as a father to him. Jefferson Davis idolized Albert Sidney Johnston, who was an older student when Davis first went to Transylvania College in Kentucky, and whom Davis followed a few years later to West Point.