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A 5 page paper which examines the role of Jefferson Davis during the Civil War and Reconstruction. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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just prior to and during the Civil War, and a man deeply devoted to the South. He was also a man who was seen as somewhat incapable of administrative duties,
yet a determined man with ideals. The following paper examines Jefferson Davis, primarily during his time in the Civil War and during Reconstruction. Jefferson Davis: Civil War and
Reconstruction While Davis went to West Point and was engaged in some sort of educational or political practice for many years it was not perhaps until he was elected to
Congress that he began his real political career. "Davis claimed his seat in Congress in 1845 and began to take a prominent part in the discussions."1 Then, with the arrival
of the Mexican War he became a colonel in the First Mississippi Regiment of Riflemen.2 At that time he also resigned from Congress and took command and he gained a
great deal of notice and respect for his efforts and successes during this war, which perhaps put him in a position to later become the leader of the Southern people.3
After this war he went on to have a career in the Senate and when Lincoln was elected he sought other ways to deal with problems rather than
cessation.4 But, when Mississippi chose, outwardly, to secede he removed himself from the Senate.5 He "hoped to receive a prominent military command. Indeed, Mississippi did elect him to the command
of her State forces, a position he desired, but a few weeks later he was called by election to the Presidency of the Confederacy."6 With this position it seems that
Davis became powerful, yet also difficult. He was considered quite difficult, indecisive, and stubborn.7 He was also seen as one without humor and very inflexible, and this truly began to
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