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jefferson davis
On April 29, 1861 he said, "We seek no conquest…all we ask is to be let alone"
Trivia about jefferson davis
In 1978, Congress restored U.S. citizenship to this man seen here
He turned down an appointment as a U.S. senator in 1875 because it meant accepting a pardon for treason
A county in Mississippi is named for this Confederate president
He represented Mississippi in the Senate for 8 years before becoming president of the Confederacy
His first act after being sworn in as president of the Confederacy was to send a peace commission to Washington, D.C.
On Nov. 6 1861 he was elected to a 6-year term as President of the Confederacy
In 1877 this former President retired to an estate near Biloxi to write "Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government"
This Confederate president's Richmond, Virginia residence contains more than 2,000 Civil War relics
On Feb. 9, 1861 he was elected provisional president of the Confederacy
In 1861 he resigned from the U.S. Senate
Born in Kentucky the year before Lincoln, he became president the same year as Lincoln & died 24 years after Lincoln
President Lincoln's beard was fuller than that of this Confederate counterpart
The Confederate Soldiers Monument on the State Capitol grounds has 5 bronze statues headed by this president
Judah Benjamin, an adviser to this man, was "The Brains of the Confederacy" (2)(2) He fled to England & became a successful lawyer
A good friend of Buchanan's was this man who went on to be president -- of the Confederacy
Miles drew criticism after the Civil War for imprisoning this former Confederate president in leg irons
Sensibly, Lincoln is a northern Louisiana parish & the parish named for this opposing president is in the south
A president, 1861-1865
The "White House of the Confederacy" in Richmond was home to this leader
Zachary Taylor disapproved of his daughter Sarah's 1835 marriage to this future Confederate president
Before presiding over the Confederacy, he was Secretary of War under Franklin Pierce
Here's this Confederate president in full beard, later in life
Horace Greeley lost many subscribers after he helped post bail for this Confederate president
In 1835 Zachary Taylor's daughter Sarah married this future president of the Confederacy
On Washington's birthday, 1862 he was inaugurated president of the Confederacy
Alexander Stephens called this boss "weak and vacillating, petulant, peevish, obstinate"
Several Southern states celebrate his June 3rd birthday instead of Lincoln's
In April 1863 he ended a bread riot in Richmond by personally addressing the mob
Beauvoir, his last home in Biloxi, is now operated by the United Sons of Confederate Veterans
This U.S. senator from Mississippi opposed secession but left the senate when his state seceded
In 1870 the first black U.S. senator, Hiram Revels of Miss., occupied the Senate seat of this Confederate leader
After serving as Buchanan's vice president, John Breckenridge went on to be this president's Secretary of War
In Tennessee, Confederate Memorial Day is observed on June 3, the birthday of this confederate president
(Ken Burns reads.) This president said, "If the Confederacy fails, there should be written on its tombstone, 'Died of a theory'"
After his presidency, this West Point graduate was imprisoned for 2 years
In February 1861 6 Southern states founded the Confederate States of America & elected him president
Sec. of War for Franklin Pierce , some called him Mr. President (though certainly not you!); say hello to...
He was clipping roses in his garden when he found out that he'd been elected President of the Confederacy
On Jan. 21, 1861 he made a moving farewell speech in the Senate pleading for peace; a month later, he was the Confederate Pres.
In his Feb. 18, 1861 inaugural address, he spoke of "the absence of wrong on our part"
In his Feb. 16, 1861 inaugural address, he said, "The time for compromise has now passed"
His home Beauvoir, where he wrote "The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government", is a landmark in Biloxi
This Civil War figure was born in 1808 & named after the President of the U.S.
In 1865 he was put in leg irons in a damp Fort Monroe, Virginia cell; his citizenship was posthumously restored in 1978
On his April 4, 1865 visit to Richmond, Lincoln sat at this man's desk; we don't know if he put his feet up on it