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In February, 1861, Jefferson Davis announced to his wife that he had been elected president of the Confederacy. As his wife recalled he expressed this news, "as a man might speak of a sentence of death". Davis feared what might lie ahead: a horrific civil war. Despite his desire for peace, Davis ordered the attack on Ft. Sumter, which triggered the war, and while Southerners were starving and d... More

In February, 1861, Jefferson Davis announced to his wife that he had been elected president of the Confederacy. As his wife recalled he expressed this news, "as a man might speak of a sentence of death". Davis feared what might lie ahead: a horrific civil war. Despite his desire for peace, Davis ordered the attack on Ft. Sumter, which triggered the war, and while Southerners were starving and dying, he urged them to make greater sacrifices, and all the while he suffered tragic personal losses, his first wife, and all four sons. Heroic and tragic, despised and beloved, he remains one of the most compelling figures in American History. Includes full-color illustrations, conversion chart, glossary, bibliography, further resources, and index. 9 chapters, 112 pages.

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