He had been a Colonel in the Mexican War. On the formation of the Confederacy, he hoped to be madeGeneral-in-Chief, but he was 'kicked upstairs' to President.
Robert E. Lee was in the beginning of the civil war.
Jefferson Davis received his education and military training at the United States Military Academy at West Point.A few years before the Civil War began, Davis was the United States Secretary of War under President Franklin Pierce.
Mother of Jefferson Davis was Jane Davis. Father of Jefferson Davis was Samuel Davis.
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.
Captain Sallie Louisa Tompkins was the only woman to receive an officer's rank in the Confederate Army. She was commissioned by Jefferson Davis.
Jefferson Davis was the president of the Confederate States of America.
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Confederate General had become the military advisor to Jefferson Davis on March 13, 1862. Davis respected the military know-how of Lee and together they operated the Confederate war operations in Virginia.
It started in 1824 when he went to the United States Military Academy.
CSA President Jefferson Davis.
Jefferson Davis was the leader of The Confederate States of America
Graduate of Wset point Military Academy
Robert E. Lee was in the beginning of the civil war.
Davis attended the US Military Academy at West Point and was a graduating member of the class of 1828.
Jefferson Davis received his education and military training at the United States Military Academy at West Point.A few years before the Civil War began, Davis was the United States Secretary of War under President Franklin Pierce.
Ether Jefferson Davis, or Robert E. Lee