Even though George Washington was our first president, Jefferson Davis was also the first...and last.
Davis was a war hero that served in the Mexican-American War like Grant. He was also a southern politician from Mississippi that stood up for states' rights.
You may be confused by the whole president thing. He was the first and last president...of the Confederate States of America. Davis didn't ever want to be president. He wanted to be a general. But he was chosen as president because he had moderate views. He didn't believe in seceding, but did believe in states' rights. He was also chosen because he was a pushover.
As president, Davis mad good and poor decisions. For one thing, he chose excellent generals. Because of Davis, southern generals were greater than northern generals. But on the other end, he didn't get along with these generals. He thought that he was the best general, therefore, there was poor communication and arguing between him and the other generals.
You may be confused by the whole president thing. He was the first and last president...of the Confederate States of America. Davis didn't ever want to be president. He wanted to be a general. But he was chosen as president because he had moderate views. He didn't believe in seceding, but did believe in states' rights. He was also chosen because he was a pushover.
As president, Davis mad good and poor decisions. For one thing, he chose excellent generals. Because of Davis, southern generals were greater than northern generals. But on the other end, he didn't get along with these generals. He thought that he was the best general, therefore, there was poor communication and arguing between him and the other generals.
"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." |
"Obstacles may retard, but they cannot long prevent the progress of a movement sanctified by its justice, and sustained by a virtuous people." |
"The withdrawal of a state from the league has no revolutionary or insurrectionary characteristic. The government of the state remains unchanged as to all internal affairs. It is only its external or confederate relations that are altered. To term this action of a sovereign a 'rebellion' is a gross abuse of language."
- Jefferson Davis