Jefferson Davis, Feb. 10, 1861
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Jefferson Davis, Feb. 10, 1861

On this day in 1861, a telegram arrived at Brierfield, Jefferson Davis’ Mississippi plantation, informing him that on the previous day, breakaway delegates meeting in Montgomery, Ala., had chosen him as the provisional president of the newly formed Confederate States of America. Quarter-plate tintype attributed to Jesse H. Whitehurst of…

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Jefferson Davis, Feb. 10, 1861

Jefferson Davis, Feb. 10, 1861

On this day in 1861, a telegram arrived at Brierfield, Jefferson Davis’ Mississippi plantation, informing him that on the previous day, breakaway delegates meeting in Montgomery, Ala., had chosen him as the provisional president of the newly formed Confederate States of America. The former congressman and senator from Mississippi had resigned his Senate seat when Mississippi voted to secede from the Union. Earlier, he had served as secretary of War under President Franklin Pierce. Anticipating a possible call for his services, Davis had sent a telegram to Mississippi Gov. John Pettus in which he wrote: “Judge what Mississippi requires of…
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