Jefferson Davis


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Noun1.Jefferson Davis - American statesmanJefferson Davis - American statesman; president of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War (1808-1889)
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Rickards Ltd Handicap Chase with Jefferson Davis (11-4).At the second last victory looked a long shot as he was still some 10 lengths adrift in fourth, but then Johnson began to get him to respond.
The property is bounded by Cleveland Avenue, South Jefferson Davis Parkway, Canal and South Clark Streets and is four blocks from the Lafitte Greenway.
Macdonald, Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, and the Making of North America.
Richmond was declared the capital of the Confederacy and Jefferson Davis's home served as the Confederate White House.
A predominantly African-American public school in (http://www.ibtimes.com/hurricane-nate-tracking-louisiana-mississippi-alabama-damage-path-videos-photos-2598665) Mississippi named after (http://www.ibtimes.com/confederate-flag-sales-see-spike-after-charlottesville-protests-2582853) Confederate leader Jefferson Davis will be renamed in honor of former president Barack Obama.
Jefferson Davis's Final Campaign: Confederate Nationalism and the Fight to Arm Slaves is a scholarly examination of a seemingly paradoxical aspect of the American Civil War.
KENTUCKY HOUSE SPEAKER GREG STUMBO (D) WANTS EVERYONE TO FEEL COMFORTABLE coming into the Capitol, "knowing that he or she is going to be treated equally and fairly." So he's proposed moving a statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis from its current place in the rotunda, its home since 1936, to the state historical museum, also located in Frankfort.
The University of Texas at Austin has decided to relocate its statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis from a major campus walkway to a historical exhibit.
"Decapitating the Union: Jefferson Davis, Judah Benjamin and the Plot to Assassinate Lincoln" by John C.
Embattled Rebel: Jefferson Davis as Commander in Chief

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