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| Keywords: people drawing sketch surreal monochrome cartoon illustration portrait white background photo border Jefferson Davis, son of Samuel Davis, a Revolutionary soldier, was born in Todd County, Kentucky, in 1808; was graduated at West Point in 1828; served as lieutenant of infantry at Western posts, and on frontier service from 1828 to 1834; resigned in 1835, and became a cotton planter; chosen Presidential Elector from Mississippi in 1844; member of the United States House of Representatives, 1845—'46; colonel of the First Mississippi Rifle Volunteers in the Mexican War in 1846—'47; engaged at Monterey, and severely wounded at Buena Vista; member of the United States Senate, 1847—'51; Secretary of War, 1853—'57; Chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs from 1857 to 1861; President of the Southern Confederacy, February 18th, 1861; captured by the Federal troops May 10th, 1865, at Irwinville, Ga.; prisoner of war, 1865—'67, at Fortress Monroe, Va. Died December 6th, 1889. (from Frank Leslie's Illustrated History of the Civil War..., edited by Louis Shepheard Moat, Published by Mrs. Frank Leslie, New York, 1895) Jefferson Davis, son of Samuel Davis, a Revolutionary soldier, was born in Todd County, Kentucky, in 1808; was graduated at West Point in 1828; served as lieutenant of infantry at Western posts, and on frontier service from 1828 to 1834; resigned in 1835, and became a cotton planter; chosen Presidential Elector from Mississippi in 1844; member of the United States House of Representatives, 1845—'46; colonel of the First Mississippi Rifle Volunteers in the Mexican War in 1846—'47; engaged at Monterey, and severely wounded at Buena Vista; member of the United States Senate, 1847—'51; Secretary of War, 1853—'57; Chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs from 1857 to 1861; President of the Southern Confederacy, February 18th, 1861; captured by the Federal troops May 10th, 1865, at Irwinville, Ga.; prisoner of war, 1865—'67, at Fortress Monroe, Va. Died December 6th, 1889. (from Frank Leslie's Illustrated History of the Civil War..., edited by Louis Shepheard Moat, Published by Mrs. Frank Leslie, New York, 1895) | ||||
