Lee’s defeat and surrender were key contributors to the end of the Civil War, but the official end of the war did not come until 16 months later because Confederate President Jefferson Davis ...

The American Civil War is a pivotal and ugly moment ... Misconception: Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis were staunch secessionists. Jefferson Davis, the man who would eventually become the ...

They were born less than a year and about 100 miles apart, and they departed for their inaugurations on the same day, Feb. 11, 1861. Their differences, of course, dwarf the similarities.

American Cruise Lines is offering a new ... Along the way, travelers will learn the intricacies of the war with Civil War experts, including Bertram Hayes-Davis, the great-great-grandson of Jefferson ...

Jefferson Davis, right, was president of the Confederacy. Though he had been a U.S. senator before the Civil War, Davis’ role in the Confederacy disqualified him from ever serving in government ...

Jefferson Davis and the Civil War Era comprises nine essays by William J. Cooper, who is a noted Davis biographer and historian of the South. The essays fall into three broad categories: Davis and the ...

In the American antebellum period, precise and strict rules were recommended for women’s socially acceptable and appropriate behavior. But the Civil ... President Jefferson Davis issued ...