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Davis, Jefferson
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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President of the Confederate States, born in Kentucky; entered the army; fought against the Indians; turned cotton-planter; entered Congress as a Democrat; distinguished himself in the Mexican war; defended slave-holding and the interests of slave-holding States; was chosen President of the Confederate States; headed the conflict with the North; fled on defeat, which he was the last to admit; was arrested and imprisoned; released after two years; retired into private life, and wrote a "History of the Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government" (1808-1889).
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Davis, Jefferson'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/d/davis-jefferson.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Davis, Jefferson'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/d/davis-jefferson.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
