What did Jefferson Davis do after the Civil War?

Answer 1

Davis was imprisoned for around two years, with the intention being to try him for treason. Eventually tempers cooled and northerners realized this was not a good idea, so he was released. Davis had lost all his property during the war, and was penniless. An admirer gave Davis the use of a large home on the Mississippi Gulf coast, "Belvoir", now preserved as a museum, damaged by Hurricane Katrina. Davis wrote his memoirs there. Though extensive, its not as complete as it might have been. All his papers had been confiscated, as had the records of the Confederate government, and Davis died before the US government began publishing all these papers as "The War of the Rebellion: The Official Records" in the 1890s.

Answer 2

He was imprisoned by the Union and two years later was released on a $100,000 bail. Once he was released he traveled to Europe, Canada, and Cuba. In 1869 he became president of the Carolina Life Insurance Company in Memphis, Tennessee, where he resided at the Peabody Hotel. He completed A Short History of the Confederate States of America in October 1889. Two months later on December 6, Davis died in New Orleans of unestablished cause at the age of 81. His funeral was one of the largest ever staged in the South, and included a continuous cortège, day and night, from New Orleans to Richmond, Virginia. He is buried at Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond.

Answer 3

He was the President of the Confederate States of America. And it wasn't a "Civil War", it was a war of secession, or a war between the states.

Answer 4

He became the 3rd President of the United States, was an ambassador to France, wrote books, and stayed active in helping make policy.

Answer 5

After two years in prison, Jefferson Davis spent time as a president of an insurance company. He lived as an elder statesman for many years. He died in 1889.

Answer 6

He was being the Commander and Chief of the south during the Civil War.

Answer 7

He sold insurance for a company based in Memphis, ans he wrote a series of memoirs.

Answer 8

he was the 3rd President