Sujet
Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America, c1855-1865 (1955). Artist: Unknown
Légende
Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America, c1855-1865 (1955). After announcing the secession of Mississippi from the Union (the second state to do so after South Carolina) in January 1861, Jefferson Davis (1808-1889) resigned from the US Senate. He was named provisional President of the Confederate States of America by a constitutional convention, and was inaugurated at the Alabama State Capitol in Mongtomery on 18 February 1861. Davis was captured by the Union (northern) cavalry in 1865 and imprisoned for two years. A print from Mathew Brady Historian with a Camera by James D Horan, Bonanza Books, New York, 1955.
The Print Collector collection
Date
1955
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector
Notre référence
HRM19C54_268
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
50,0Mo (2,7Mo) / 29,6cm x 42,2cm / 3501 x 4988 (300dpi)