(WHSV) - 164 years ago on Nov. 6, 1861, Jefferson Davis was elected as president of the Confederate States of America. Davis’ election happened a year to the day after Abraham Lincoln was elected ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Historian James McPherson talked about his book, Embattled Rebel: Jefferson Davis as Commander in Chief, in which he presents Confederate president ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WCSC) - Jefferson Davis was elected as the first and only president of the Confederacy on Nov. 6, 1861, formalizing his role after serving as provisional president. A West Point ...

The Burt-Stark Mansion is known for its historical significance as Confederate president Jefferson Davis' last council of war ...

The only known photo of Jefferson Davis in uniform, taken when he was a major general of Mississippi troops, just before the start of the war. The uniform is a Federal Army uniform. (Courtesy of ...

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Battle Cry of Freedom, this book is a powerful new reckoning with Jefferson Davis as military commander of the Confederacy. History has not been kind to ...