After seceding, he would have been quite happy without a war, if Lincoln had granted official recognition to the Confederacy.
But when Lincoln declared that he would defend Fort Sumter (which the Confederacy considered its own), and then called for new volunteer troops, Davis felt he had to mobilise.
Jefferson Davis
Jefferson Davis as the president of the Confederacy was involved in the American Civil War .
Jefferdon Davis was President of the Confederate States of America
Jefferson Davis was Secretary of War under President Franklin Pierce
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 served as Secretary of War.
Jefferson Davis became the president of the confederate states during the civil war.
Jefferson Davis was the President of The Confederate States of America.
Jefferson Davis
Jefferson Davis as the president of the Confederacy was involved in the American Civil War .
Prior to the Civil War, Jefferson Davis was Secretary of War under President John Tyler.
Jefferson Davis was the President of the Confederate States throughout the Civil War.
Jefferdon Davis was President of the Confederate States of America
Jefferson Davis was Secretary of War under President Franklin Pierce
Jefferson Davis was President of the Confederate States of America .
Jefferson Davis was the President of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War.
Davis was the president of the confederacy