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Varina Anne "Winnie" Davis (June 27, 1864 – September 18, 1898) was an American author who is best known as the youngest daughter of President Jefferson Davis of the Confederate States of America and Varina (Howell) Davis. Born near the end of the war, by the late 1880s she became known as the "Daughter of the Confederacy".
Varina Anne Banks Davis (née Howell; May 7, 1826 – October 16, 1906) was the only First Lady of the Confederate States of America, and the longtime second wife of President Jefferson Davis. She moved to the Presidential Mansion in Richmond, Virginia , in mid-1861, and lived there for the remainder of the Civil War .
Learn about the life and legacy of Varina Anne Davis, the youngest daughter of Confederate president Jefferson Davis. Explore her education, literary works, romance, and death from the online collection of her father's papers.
22 de dic. de 2021 · Varina Howell Davis was the second wife of Confederate president Jefferson Davis and the First Lady of the Confederacy during the American Civil War. She was a native of the urban South, a moderate on slavery, and a loyal but unhappy wife who preferred Washington, D.C. to Richmond.
Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress. Digital ID # cph.3b41146. The First Lady of the Confederate States of America, Varina Howell Davis (1826–1906) was born in Louisiana, across the Mississippi River from Natchez, Mississippi, to William and Margaret Howell.
Varina Anne Banks Howell Davis (7 de mayo de 1826 - 16 de octubre de 1906) fue la única Primera Dama de los Estados Confederados de América y durante mucho tiempo la segunda esposa del presidente Jefferson Davis. Se mudó a la Mansión Presidencial en Richmond, Virginia, a mediados de 1861, y vivió allí durante el resto de la Guerra Civil.
Varina Anne “Winnie” Davis was the youngest daughter of Confederate president Jefferson Davis and his second wife, Varina Howell Davis. Winnie’s birth in June 1864 was hailed as a blessing by war-weary southerners. Her arrival seemed a good omen that might signify future victory.
