Jefferson Davis could have been a hero of American history, if not on the level of a George Washington, certainly equivalent to a Franklin Pierce or Chester Arthur.Davis served as a U.S. Senator and as the U.S. Secretary of War under President Pierce. There was talk of him becoming the President of the United States himself. But instead, at the outbreak of the Civil War, the Kentucky native threw in his lot with the South and became president of the Confederacy.After the war, Davis [...]
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