Description: CALENDAR OF THE JEFFERSON DAVIS POSTWAR MANUSCRIPTS in the Louisiana Historical Association Collection Confederate Memorial Hall New Orleans, Louisiana 1943 Preface Confederate Memorial Hall, a gift of Frank T. Howard, was erected in 1889 to house relics of War between the States and perpetuate interest in the history of the Confederacy. The Louisiana His- tontesented in tho torecoont oalendar, was Chartored by the Louisiana Legislature, April 11, 1889, to collect items of interest on the history of Louisiana and particularly those pertaining to the War Between the States. Jellorson Davis (b. Ky., June 3, 1808; d. New Or-leans, Dec. 8, 1889) a West Point graduate, served in the United States Army during the Black Hawk uprising (1823-1835) and the War with Mexico (1846-1847)• In his political career, he represented the State of Mississippi in Congress in 1845 and in the U. S. Senate in 1847. During the administration of President Franklin Pierce (1853-1857), Davis served as Secretary of War. When the South seceded, he was elocted President of the Confederate States of Ameri-ca. The story of President Davis' capture and impri-soment at the close of the War Between the States (1861-1865) is related by first hand witnesses in this calendar. After his release, Président Davis travelled abroad, engaged in business, and compiled The Rise and Fall the Confederate Government which was published in 1881, Jefferson Davis was married twice, His first wife, Sarah Knox Taylor, daughter of General Lachary Taylor, later President of the United States, died shortly after their marriage. The second Mrs. Davis, Varina Howell of Natchez, who called herself "Varina Jefferson Davis", contributed the documents in the Jefferson Davis Postwar Manuscripts to Confederate Memorial Hall after her distinguished husband's death. Consisting of answers to inquiries made by Mr. Davis, his aide, William T. Walthal, and Mrs. Davis, thoso letters, written by, to and for Jefferson Davis during the last years of his life, are reminiscences of the war years, covering many phases of the military and political history of the Confederacy, as well as other information required by Mr. Davis and his widow in the compilation of their published works on the wartime ora.
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Binding: Softcover, Wraps
Language: English
Special Attributes: Manuscript
Author: Louisiana Historical Association Collection
Publisher: LOUISIANA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION
Topic: Historical
Subject: Civil War
