1861 Jefferson Davis being elected Confederate States President

Artist: Eric Crittenden
School: Forest Avenue, Montgomery

"Feb. 18, 1861 Jefferson Davis being elected Confederate States President"

February 18, 1861: After being welcomed to Montgomery with great fanfare, Jefferson Davis is inaugurated as president of the Confederate States of America on the portico of the Alabama capitol. Davis, a former U.S. senator from Mississippi, lived in Montgomery until April, when the Confederate government was moved from Montgomery to its new capital of Richmond, Virginia.



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Created: October 10, 2007
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