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Jefferson Davis

A [r]epublican in Exile

By Karen Stokes

In Washington, D.C., while serving as Secretary of War in the 1850s, Jefferson Davis met Ambrose Dudley Mann, a native of Virginia who was the Assistant Secretary of State (and the first man to hold… »

  • Ambrose Dudley Mann
  • Jefferson Davis
  • Karent Stokes
  • Southern Culture
  • War for Southern Independence

Monument Avenue 1890-2020

By Patrick Seay

For the majority of my life I have had an intense interest in the history of the War Between the States. This interest germinated as a result of two very influential places that I became… »

  • Confederate Monuments
  • Confederate Symbols
  • Jefferson Davis
  • Patrick A. Seay
  • Richmond
  • Robert E. Lee
  • Southern Heroes

What Jefferson Davis Would Tell Us Today (And Why It Matters)

By Boyd Cathey

In our turbulent times it is increasingly evident that our government is disconnected to the citizens of the republic. Rather, what we behold is a zealous managerial class, an elite buried deep in an aggressive… »

  • Boyd Cathey
  • Jefferson Davis
  • Southern Tradition

Kentucky’s Confederate Sons

By Jerry Salyer

Suffering from a nasty bacterial infection, the insomnia induced by a lamp kept lit in his cell at all hours, and the very real possibility of being hanged by a kangaroo court, Jefferson Davis drew… »

  • Jefferson Davis
  • Jerry Salyer
  • John C Breckinridge
  • Kentucky
  • War for Southern Independence

Two Southern Presidents in History

By David E. Johnson

It was Wednesday, April 19, 1865. The Confederate States of America lay prostrate under the twin plagues of starvation and despair. Richmond had fallen and Lee’s surrendered Army of Northern Virginia was heading home. Four… »

  • Andrew Johnson
  • David E. Johnson
  • Jefferson Davis
  • Reconstruction
  • Secession
  • War for Southern Independence

Is Secession Treason?

By Brion McClanahan

A review of With Malice Toward Some: Treason and Loyalty in the Civil War Era by William A. Blair (University of North Carolina Press, 2014) and Secession on Trial: The Treason Prosecution of Jefferson Davis… »

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Lincoln vs. Davis

By John Devanny

A review of Brian R. Dirck, Lincoln and Davis: Imagining America, 1809-1865 (Lawrence, KS: University of Kansas Press, 2001). Mr. Dirck’s comparative analysis of Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis promises much.  Friendly reviewers have found… »

  • Abraham Lincoln
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  • Jefferson Davis
  • John Devanny

Party Truths

By Ryan Walters

Recent years have seen a new revisionist theme emerge in the history of America’s two principal, modern-day political parties – the Democrats and Republicans. In the new debate, two questions have emerged: Did the two… »

  • Abraham Lincoln
  • Dinesh D'Souza
  • Jefferson Davis
  • Political Correctness
  • PragerU
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  • Ryan Walters
  • Southern History
  • Thomas Jefferson

The Unionist Davis vs. The Radical Lincoln

By Bernard Thuersam

Jefferson Davis was the conservative who tried vainly to save the Union in the face of Republican attempts to pit North against South, and force the South to seek a more perfect union without the… »

  • Abraham Lincoln
  • Bernard Thuersam
  • Jefferson Davis
  • War for Southern Independence

Jefferson Davis: A Judicial Estimate

By Charles Betts Galloway

This piece is published in honor of Davis’s birthday, June 3. With unaffected distrust of my ability to meet the demands of such a great hour as this, I rejoice to be again on the… »

  • Charles Betts Galloway
  • Jefferson Davis
  • Secession
  • Southern History
  • War for Southern Independence

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