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Hace 4 días · I rise, Mr. President, for the purpose of announcing to the Senate that I have satisfactory evidence that the State of Mississippi, by a solemn ordinance of her people in convention assembled, has declared her separation from the United States.
Hace 4 días · The next work (on the 9th February) was the unanimous choice of the Hon. Jefferson Davis, of Mississippi, as President, and Alexander H Stephens, of Georgia, as Vice-President. Thus it was, that, at the very inception of their movement to a new Union and an independent nationality, the Southern States turned to Jefferson Davis , at ...
30 de may. de 2024 · On January 21, 1861, 12 days after Mississippi seceded, Davis made a moving farewell speech in the Senate and pleaded eloquently for peace. Before he reached his Brierfield plantation, he was commissioned a major general to head Mississippi’s armed forces and prepare its defense, but within two weeks the Confederate Convention in ...
Hace 2 días · Jefferson F. Davis (June 3, 1808 – December 6, 1889) was an American politician who served as the first and only president of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865. He represented Mississippi in the United States Senate and the House of Representatives as a member of the Democratic Party before the American Civil War.
30 de may. de 2024 · One of the most prominent figures in the Confederacy was Jefferson Davis, who served as its President during the war. Jill Lepore examines the failed trial of Jefferson Davis, shedding light on the challenges of post-war reconciliation and the implications for the future of the country.
Hace 4 días · On receiving official notice of the secession of Mississippi, President Davis, then in the United States Senate, delivered his farewell address to that body.
22 de may. de 2024 · In May 1865, Jefferson Davis, former President of the Confederate States of America, snuck out of his tent wrapped in his wife's shawl—right under the noses of Union troops. This daring escape highlighted the lengths to which Davis was willing to go to evade capture and maintain his status as a symbol of the Confederate cause.
