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Jefferson Davis is born in Christian County, Kentucky.
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Jefferson Davis graduates as a second lieutenant in the army
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Jefferson Davis becomes a cotton planter in Brierfield, Mississippi
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Davis came up with a strategy for this war therefore he was named "hero of Buena Vista" because of the American victory.
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Served on President Franklin Pierce's cabinet as Secretary of War.
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South Carolina if the first state to secede from the Union, encouraging others to follow. After South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama,Louisiana, Texas on, Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina, and finally, Tennessee.
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When Mississippi seceded from the Union, Jefferson Davis resigned from the US Senate and joined the Confederacy.
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After being elected as Colonel of the First Mississippi Regiment of riflemen.
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Davis formally resigned from the US Senate when Mississippi seceded from the Union. He had been trying to prevent war, but when Mississippi left the Union, Davis did as well.
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When seven states had seceded from the Union, south carolina being the first,they created a new nation.
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When he was re-elected for a six year term. He then became the permanent President of the Confederacy.
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The Battle of Fort Sumter was the first battle of the Civil War it ended in a South victory. But Jefferson Davis never wanted war.
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Jefferson Davis is elected to the U.S. house of Representatives shortly after Marrying Varina Howell
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Davis is inaugurated permanent President of the Confederacy
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Davis is inaugurated permanent President of the Confederacy
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Jefferson Davis use this as an opportunity to boost the Confederate soldier's energy. Surley now they had a chance to win the war!
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Davis gets captured by the Union in Georgia, while trying to run away dressed in womens clothing and he and family are imprisoned.
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To the Union, he has committed a crime by being the President of the Confederacy.
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Jefferson Davis dies at the age of 81 in New Orleans, Louisiana. about 200,000 people gathered for his funeral it was the largest funeral ever held in the south.
