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25 de abr. de 2024 · At age 7 Jefferson Davis was sent for three years to a Dominican boys’ school in Kentucky, and at age 13 he entered Transylvania College, Lexington, Kentucky. He later spent four years at the United States Military Academy at West Point, graduating 23rd in a class of 33 in 1828.
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Davis attended college in Kentucky at Transylvania before entering the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1824. As a military cadet, Davis’ performance was only adequate. When he graduated in 1828 he placed twenty-third in a class of thirty-four. He went on to serve briefly in the Black Hawk War in 1832.
Jefferson Finis 1 Davis ( Fairview, Kentucky; 3 de junio de 1808- Nueva Orleans; 6 de diciembre de 1889) fue un político estadounidense que sirvió como el único presidente de los estados confederados desde 1861 hasta 1865. Como miembro del Partido Demócrata, representó a Misisipi en el Senado de los Estados Unidos y la Cámara de ...
Jefferson Davis, (born June 3, 1808, Christian county, Ky., U.S.—died Dec. 6, 1889, New Orleans, La.), U.S. political leader, president of the Confederate States of America (1861–65). He graduated from West Point and served as a lieutenant in the Wisconsin Territory and later in the Black Hawk War. In 1835 he became a planter in Mississippi.
Jefferson Davis, Scholars, and the Civil War: A Public History Dialogue. Edited by James Russell Harris. Sometimes the conventional, like an academic panel before a general audience, becomes the extraordinary. At the first panel discussion of the day-long Jefferson Davis symposium on Jefferson Davis and the Civil War, the deep impact of the.
Discover the remarkable life of Jefferson Davis... Jefferson Davis—was he a rebel for a bad cause, or just a greatly misunderstood man? Davis was certainly lambasted as the ultimate evil during the American Civil War since he was the leading statesman of the Southern Confederacy.
Abstract. Confederate President Jefferson Davis gained an enduring military image after he lost the war. This chapter portrays how the medium of popular prints made a powerful influence on creating Davis's image not only as a statesman and a patriot but crucially a soldier.
