Jefferson davis

Confederate States of America President, Author. Former burial location. Jefferson Davis was the unrepentant highest ranking confederate leader of the South. The only Southern leader shackled in a dungeon and sacrificed as atonement for the sins of many. He refused to apply for a pardon because, he said, I have not...

Image of Jefferson Davis

The Civil War in the United States began in 1861, after decades of simmering tensions between northern and southern states over slavery, states’ rights and westward expansion. Eleven southern states seceded from the Union to form the Confederacy. Ultimately more than 620,000 Americans' lives were lost in the four-year war that ended in a Confederate defeat.

Unlike Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis sat only once for a photographic portrait during his tenure as President of the Confederate States. At some time...

This young Irish woman was hired as the housekeeper for Jefferson Davis in Richmond, VA during the American Civil War.

Jefferson Davis

Early Years Varina Howell was born on May 7, 1826, in rural Louisiana where her parents, William B. Howell and Margaret L. Kempe, of Natchez, Mississippi, were visiting relatives. After distinguished service in the (1775–1783), her grandfather, Richard Howell, became governor of New Jersey in the 1790s. Her father, who fought in the War of […]

Jefferson Finis Davis, engraved portrait, 1861

Jefferson Davis, this sixth plate tintype is my personal entry in the "youngest known image of Jefferson Davis that exists anywhere" it's obviously from a Dag circa 1839 to 1840, in my humble opinion. Original image from the collection of P.W. ButlerENJOY🤠