Jefferson Davis did not surrender, Robert E. Lee surrendered the army of Virginia on April 9, 1865
Brigadier General Jefferson C. Davis was a commander of volunteers in the Union Army from 1861 to 1865. He was not related to the Confederate president Jefferson F. Davis. For more on the general see the link below.
Jefferson Davis did not choo0se to go to war. Realistically he did not have the capacity for it. instead Lincoln pressured Jefferson to walk the confederates into battle.
Jefferson Davis
Provisional Confederate president, Jefferson Davis began the process of building a Southern army in March of 1861. He created the army by calling for 100,000 volunteers to serve for twelve months. This was called the Provisional Army of the Confederate States.
leader of the conferderate army
Zachery Taylor
General Robert E. Lee commanded the Confederate Army and Jefferson Davis was the Confederate President.
On June 27, 1862, Confederate President Jefferson Davis relieved General Beauregard as the commander of the Army of Tennessee. Beauregard was replaced by General Braxton Bragg.
In February of 1863, Jefferson Davis dispatched General Joseph Johnston for an inspection of the Army of Tennessee and to asses the situation with its commander, Braxton Bragg. Davis want Johnson's opinion as to whether Bragg was still fir to command his army. Johnson sent Davis a positive report. He believed Bragg was competent and that his army was in good spirits. This turned out to be contrary to the senior officers in Bragg's army.
Jefferson Davis was the President and Robert E. Lee was the Commander of the Confederate Army
yes, willie was a corporal in the union army