Davis, Jefferson
(b. June 3, 1808; d. December 5, 1889) U.S. representative and senator, Mexican War hero, and president of the Confederacy.
Jefferson Davis, best known as president of the Confedera...
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Jefferson Davis
Born June 3, 1808
Southwestern Kentucky
Died December 6, 1889
New Orleans, Louisiana
President of the Confederate States of America
"The Union is a creature of the states. I...
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Jefferson Davis (1808-1889) was president of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War. His honesty, character, and devotion elevated his cause above a quest for the perpetuation of slave...
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The secession of the southern states is similar to that of the revolution against Britain of the 18th century. According to Jefferson Davis, in his inaugural address as president of the Confederate St...
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A retired Navy diver testifying Wednesday in the trial of a reputed Klansman recalled finding a human skull and rib in a Mississippi River backwater while searching for remains of two black teenage...
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The Longwood Plantation in Natchez has been selected Mississippi's top architectural site by voters participating in a survey organized by the state chapter of the American Institute of Architects....
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Question 1 of 10:The war began when the pro-slavery Southern states broke away from the rest of the
USA
. This act was referred to as...?The JunctureThe Confederate Break
The Secession
The Dixie D...
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More than 140 years after Civil War cannons fell silent, two museums in Richmond are offering very different views of the war between the states.The century-old Museum of the Confederacy offers a m...
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The story of the Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley, the first sub to sink an enemy warship, is leading back to the Old World as researchers plan to spend weeks trying to discover the roots of four ...
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Bullet holes still pepper a small house on the outskirts of town where two law officers died in a gunbattle over a patch of land the state wanted to take for a highway project.Property rights advoc...
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Today is Friday, Feb. 9, the 40th day of 2007. There are 325 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On Feb. 9, 1943, the World War II battle of Guadalcanal in the southwest Pacific ende...
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Today is Sunday, Jan. 21, the 21st day of 2007. There are 344 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On Jan. 21, 1793, during the French Revolution, King Louis XVI, condemned for treaso...
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Today is Sunday, Feb. 18, the 49th day of 2007. There are 316 days left in the year. This is the Chinese New Year.Today's Highlight in History:On Feb. 18, 1885, Mark Twain's "Adventures of Hucklebe...
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Today is Thursday, May 10, the 130th day of 2007. There are 235 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On May 10, 1869, a golden spike was driven at Promontory, Utah, marking the comple...
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Davis, Jefferson
Jefferson Davis
Jefferson Davis
Jefferson Davis's Inaugural Address
Skull found in '64 Miss. river search
