Title

Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America, c1855-c1865. Artist: Unknown

Caption

Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America, c1855-c1865. After announcing the secession of Mississippi from the Union (the second state to do so after South Carolina) in January 1861, Jefferson Davis (1808-1889) resigned from the US Senate. He was named provisional President of the Confederate States of America by a constitutional convention, and was inaugurated at the Alabama State Capitol in Mongtomery on 18 February 1861. Davis was captured by the Union (northern) cavalry in 1865 and imprisoned for two years.
Historica Graphica Collection

Date

1864

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historica Graphica Collection

Reference

HRM19D78_381

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

40,2Mb (1,3Mb) / 11,2in x 14,0in / 3352 x 4187 (300dpi)

Keywords

people male man men politics country guy war location century leader president concept B&W MONOCHROME politician United States of America United States 19th century Confederacy black & white black and white B W Confederate American Civil War nineteenth century statesman American America USA Confederate States of America Jefferson Davis photograph portrait Unknown Davis Jefferson Historica Graphica Collection photograph portrait