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Jefferson Davis Explains Why Mississippi Seceded from the United States in His Farewell Address to the Senate
On January 21, 1861, Mississippi Senator Jeff Davis gave his speech resigning from the United States Senate. The entire speech can be read here, beginning…
The Failure to Convict Jefferson Davis for Insurrection
Historian Jill Lepore has an interesting article on the New Yorker website on the failure to convict Confederate President Jefferson Davis after the Civil War….
Did Civil War Era Southerners Really Think of Their States As Their Countries?
I engage with hundreds of people on social media in conversations about the Civil War and Reconstruction. One thing I have heard many times in…
Washington Post on Black “Son” of Jefferson Davis
The Washington Post had an interesting article today on a Black child whom has been depicted as Confederate President Jeff Davis’s adopted son. The photo…
South Carolina Lady on the Capture of President Jefferson Davis by “Fiends”
On May 10, 1865, Confederate President Jefferson Davis was captured near Irwinville, Georgia while trying to escape pursuing Union forces. Confederate partisan Emma Holmes of…
Jefferson Davis and the Constitutional Right to Own Slaves
Many of us learned in school to revere the Constitution as a “Charter of Freedom,” a Magna Carta of rights for the ordinary citizen. More…
NY Times: Kentucky Jeff Davis Statue Removed, Where to Put It?
Many Confederate statues are being moved out of city boulevards and village squares. The question is “What to Do With them?” While the natural answer…
Washington Post: If Johnson Was Impeached and Removed, Jeff Davis Might Have Been Executed
The Washington Post has an article speculating that if Andrew Johnson had been removed from office by the Senate at the conclusion of his impeachment…
Andrew Johnson Issues “Christmas Amnesty” Pardoning Former Confederates for Treason on Dec. 25, 1868
On December 25, 1868, Andrew Johnson issued his final amnesty proclamation pardoning former Confederates for treason against the United States. Although the vast majority of…
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