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Jefferson Davis was born in Fairview, KY, later moving and growing up on his brother's cotton plantation in mississippi.
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Davis graduated from West Point, 23rd in his class.
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After leaving for a battle wound, Davis married the daughter of Zachary Taylor, Sarah Knox Tayler, though it was short lived because she died 3 months later of Malaria.
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After Sarah died in September 15, 1835, Davis remarried and had 6 children with Varina Davis.
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January 1848 he was elected to serve the remaining two years of the term.
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South Carolina seceeded from the US, sparking the civil war
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Beginning to end of the Civil War
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Jefferson Davis was elected president of the Confederate States of America in Nov 6, 1861.
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Davis appointed General Robert E. Lee to command the main Confederate army.
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Confederate president Jefferson Davis is captured by Union forces near Irwinville, Georgia. May 22, 1865–May 13, 1867 - Former Confederate president Jefferson Davis is incarcerated at Fort Monroe, Virginia, following the Civil War.
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Davis published his book The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government. With help from a very rich widow who invited Davis and his wife to live with her on her plantation in Biloxi, Mississippi, Davis, even though he was sick, was able to write and complete his memoirs. After she died she left the plantation to him as well as some money for him to live on.
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Jefferson Davis died in New Orleans, LA
