jefferson davis
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JEFFERSON DAVIS
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· ‘‘All we ask is to be let alone.’’ · “I worked night and day for twelve years to prevent the war, but I could not. The North was mad and blind, would not let us govern ourselves, and so the war came.”· “Neither current events nor history show that the majority rule, or ever did rule.’’
He was the youngest of ten children in the
family
Graduated from West Point
the next seven years were spent in different army posts
he fought in the Blackhawk war
then fought in the Mexican-American War
Mexican
Mexican
American
WAR
he then became a US Senator
from Mississippi
He didn't believe in Mississippi seceding.
He thought that every state had the right to secede
he was elected president of the confederate states in
1860
confederate flag
The states in solid red fought for the Confederacy
The shaded states had slaves.
MissouriKentucky
old confederate postage stamp
he was supposed to be president 6 years....
He Led the Confederacy in the Civil war with
General Robert E. Lee
May 10, 1865
May 10, 1865
he was captured
he was bailed out by the
south and the north
After the civil war he was arrested for treason
He died at age 81 of unknown causes
He believed in a peaceful confederacy
He believed in a peaceful confederacy
NO WAR
Legacy
Jefferson Davis helped the confederate states have a sense of pride and unity when it was needed a lot. That pride and unity remains to
day!
Current Mississippi flag
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