Portrait of Jefferson Davis
Title

Portrait of Jefferson Davis

Caption

Portrait of Jefferson Davis; Jefferson Finis Davis (June 3, 1808 – December 6, 1889) was an American military officer, statesman and leader of the Confederacy during the American Civil War, serving as the President of the Confederate States of America for its entire history, 1861 to 1865.
A West Point graduate, Davis fought in the Mexican-American War as a colonel of a volunteer regiment, and was the United States Secretary of War under President Franklin Pierce. Both before and after his time in the Pierce Administration, he served as a U.S. Senator representing the State of Mississippi. As a Senator he argued against secession, but did agree that each state was sovereign and had an unquestionable right to secede from the Union.

Date

19e siècle

Credit line

Photo12/Universal History Archive/UIG

Reference

UMG20A11_361

Model release

Non

Property release

Non

License type

Droits gérés

Available size

37,0Mo (6,9Mo) / 27,9cm x 33,2cm / 3294 x 3924 (300dpi)

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