Jefferson Davis

Seriously? He was the President of the Confederate States of America. The South.

Jefferson Davis was unpopular even among citizens of the Confederacy. He was seen as quarrelsome, excessively fastidious, and inclined to favoritism.

he lived in Richmond with since was president of the Confederacy

In February, 1961 Montgomery, Alabama became the first capital city of the Confederate States of America. The capital was moved from Montgomery, Alabama to Richmond, Virginia, in May 1861. When Richmond fell to the Federal army in 1865, the Confederate government travelled to Danville, Virginia. Danville was the seat of the Confederate government for only eight days, April 3-10, 1865. On April 9, 1865 Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union General Ulysses S. Grant, bringing an end to the Civil War after four years of battle.

Jefferson Davis was held, and released without being charged with anything. Davis & his Attorney asked for a trial believing that the court would have to find succession legal and therefore Davis innocent.

According to our history books his first wife was Sarah Knox Taylor. His second wife was Varina Banks Howell.

Additional information from a member of the Davis family.

First wife

Sarah Knox Taylor, daughter of future President Zachary Taylor. They were married in June 1835. Three months later Jefferson and Sarah caught the fever. Sarah died.

Second wife (Jefferson Davis did not discuss this marriage in public. If you are a student taking a test, it would be smart not to include this marriage)

Novella Black Hawk, adopted daughter of Chief Black Hawk. After his wife's death, the the distraught Jefferson left his home and planed to never return. He wanted the solitude of his cabin in the woods several hundred miles away. He sent Moley, one of his slaves, on ahead to prepare the cabin for his return. On his way to the cabin, Jefferson had an accident. A half-breed named Novella found him and nursed him back to health. Novella helped Jefferson get to his cabin and within six weeks they were married. About nine months later, Novella died in child birth. The child lived. A boy. Jefferson named him Finis.

Last wife

Varina Banks Howell daughter of William Howell and Margaret Kempe. They were married on February 26, 1845. Only one of her six children survived her.

He resigned

In February of 1861, Confederate President Jefferson Davis sent former Georgia Congressman to Washington DC to try and convince US President James Buchanan to recognize the Confederacy. He did this because in those days a new US president ( Abraham Lincoln) would not take office until March. Now, in the US, a president takes the oath of office in January following the November elections.

Jefferson was from the Democratic-Republican Party. They put emphasis on state rights. Jefferson felt that the country was too big to have all of its affairs directed by a central government. He also felt that the common people should have the power and so the state governments should have more power because they know their people better.

Much of this belief was due to the fact that the 13 colonies were the creators of the Federal government.

Mother of Jefferson Davis was Jane Davis.

Father of Jefferson Davis was Samuel Davis.

strong, intense, liked fighting and seeing the action, did not like politics, but he felt it was his duty: "our present condition illustrates the American idea that government rests upon the consent of the governed"

when he was young he often got in trouble with drinking etc. he did not graduate at the top of his class at the military school of West Point in new york.

His fater is Samuel Emory Davis His mother is Sallie Knox Taylor

Jefferson Davis was captured while camping with his wife, J. H. Reagan, and B. Harrison in Irvinville, Georgia. Davis was charged with treason and tqken to Ft. Monroe. He was imprisoned for two years before he was freed on bail without a trail. Northerners including Horace Greeley paid the bail while trying to win publicity for his new newspaper called The New Yorker.

Yes. He also served of the committee that wrote it, and wrote the first draft.

he was a planter, politician, and a solider born in Kentucky.

They Both believed that

*The Union must be saved

*State Rights

*Slavery must be abolished.

That's nuts. Davis favored slavery and Lincoln opposed states rights. They only thing they had in common was being born in Kentucky.

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Jefferson Davis was born June 3, 1808 and was elected provisional president of the Confederate states in February 1861. He would be 52 years old at that point. After winning regular elections in November of that year he would be 53 years of age.

As President of the Confederate States and Commander in Chief of its Armies, Jefferson Davis was one of the most influential men involved in the war.

As a President he attempted to centralize power and so gained many enemies from the "States Rights" proponants who alway opposed centralizing power. He also attempted to gain foreign recognition through the use of emmisaries and by refusing to sell Cotton, Tobacco and other such crops in the mistaken view that these were essential to British and French economies.

As Commander in Chief of the Confederate Armies his overall strategy was to defend all of the Confederate States at every point and to try to invade Union territory both in the East and West. He came up with the flawed system out west of using the Mississippi as a marker for the end of the Western Theater and the beginning of the Trans-Mississippi. He only had any real familiurallity with the Virginia Theater and only thought of the West and the Trans-Mississippi in passing.

He allientated many generals and politicians and crippled the Confederate Cause as a result. He treated any and all of his oposition as untrustworthy, unpatriotic and those who opposed him as being little better than Traitors.

Overall it is agreed by most that Jeff Davis was far more useful to the Confederate Cause as the Southern Martyr in Fort Monroe than he had ever been as the Confederate President in Richmond

Shays led a group of farmers in an aborted revolt known as Shays' Rebellion. Angry over foreclosures caused largely by the government's failure under the Articles of Confederation to pay wages owed to Revolutionary War soldiers, farmers attempted to raid a federal arsenal but were turned back by a private army (hired because Congress hadn't paid the current national army at the time either and was terrified of the risk that they too would revolt). Though Shays didn't immediately succeed, his rebellion did create the catalyst needed to bring delegates to Philadelphia for what would become known as the Constitutional Convention.

I believe he was capable, but never fulfilled it. Here is what I mean...

Jefferson thought he should be leading an army, not a nation. So, he led the CSA armies AND the nation. But, because he focused so much on military, things like the economy were neglected. So, when the economy and things of that sort began to go down hill, there was nothing to stop it. It got really bad too.

Ex. By the end of war - USA 1 dollar = 2,000 - 2,500 CSA dollars

Lincoln had sent Davis a telegram stating that if he let the Star of the West pass through with supplies to the fort that it would signify the domain over Fort Sumter. I believe that Jefferson Davis could not accept that part of the South, even if it was a small piece of land in Charleston Harbor, could be a part of the United States and a state where the property existed had already seceded.

Jefferson Davis was the President of the Confederate States of America. He called attack on North @ Fort Sumter. He was not able to keep confederate states together for very long.He was on the Confederate's side.