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.
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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.