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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.
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 (1861–1865). She was manifestly ill-suited for this role because of her family background, education, personality, physical appearance, and her fifteen-year antebellum residence in ...
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.
Biography of Varina Howell Davis wife of Confederate President Jefferson Davis. Of all the women who have served as First Ladies in this country, Varina Howell Davis was probably the unhappiest.
First lady of the Confederacy during the Civil War. Name variations: Mrs. V. Jefferson Davis. Born Varina Anne Banks Howell on May 7, 1826, on Marengo plantation in Louisiana, near Natchez, Mississippi; died in New York City on October 16, 1906; buried at Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, next to her husband; second child of William Burr Howell ...
In Richmond during the Civil War, as the wife of the President of the Confederacy, Varina Davis admirably fulfilled her three primary roles as an affectionate spouse to a proud and sensitive husband, as an attentive mother to five young children (two of whom were born during the war), and as a socially engaging First Lady.
Varina Banks Howell Davis. (1826-1906) Watercolor on ivory, by John Wood Dodge, 1849 National Portrait Gallery Smithsonian Institution. Varina, the daughter of William and Margaret Howell, met Jefferson Davis when she was only seventeen years old. The first encounter did, however, make a memorable impression on her.
