Jefferson Davis' birthday is one of three confederate holidays in Alabama. See when it is observed and what closures will happen.

The U.S. Senate still uses desks from 1819, including one used by Jefferson Davis. Most desks are assigned by seniority, but ...

Mississippi celebrates the birthday of Confederate President Jefferson Davis on Memorial Day. Here's what to know about the state holiday ...

When the city of New Orleans had a century-old memorial to Jefferson Davis ... to the cause,” Davis told the Confederate Congress in his inaugural speech in 1861 — a rush job, apparently.

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State offices will be closed in Alabama Monday to commemorate the birth of Confederate president Jefferson Davis ... Alabama on Feb. 18, 1861 and serving until 1865. Davis was captured at the ...

"So Jefferson Davis would hold conversations with military ... Watch the stories of slaves as spies » In late 1861, Jackson fled across enemy lines and was immediately debriefed by Union soldiers.

We have already exposed some of the sophistries which abound in the message of JEFFERSON DAVIS to his Congress of Confederates. The document, however, is too important to be dismissed without ...

Elan Fleisher / www.agefotostock.com Cannon boomed, brass bands serenaded and ladies tossed bouquets as Jefferson Davis arrived in Richmond on May 29, 1861, to make it the capital of the ...