Jefferson Davis: References & Edit History
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Additional Reading
The first biography of Jefferson Davis was by one who knew and understood him, Frank H. Alfriend, The Life of Jefferson Davis (1868). Other biographies are Hudson Strode, Jefferson Davis, 3 vol. (1955–64), written with access to more than 1,000 hitherto unknown holograph letters owned by Davis’s grandson; William Catton and Bruce Catton, Two Roads to Sumter (1963, reissued 1971), tracing Lincoln’s and Davis’s paths to war; Clement Eaton, Jefferson Davis (1977); Paul D. Escott, After Secession: Jefferson Davis and the Failure of Confederate Nationalism (1978); Michael B. Ballard, A Long Shadow: Jefferson Davis and the Final Days of the Confederacy (1986), covering the years from 1865 to Davis’s death; William C. Davis, Jefferson Davis: The Man and His Hour (1991); and Herman Hattaway and Richard E. Beringer, Jefferson Davis, Confederate President (2002). James M. McPherson, Embattled Rebel: Jefferson Davis as Commander in Chief (2014), evaluates Davis’s hands-on role as a military leader. William J. Cooper, Jr. (ed.), Jefferson Davis: The Essential Writings. (2003), surveys Davis’s writings.
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modified link of Web site: HistoryNet - Jefferson Davis and the Politics of Command. | Jul 23, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | May 30, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Warfare History Network - Chasing Jefferson Davis. | May 28, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Potters Wax Museum - Jefferson Davis. | Apr 17, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: World History Encyclopedia - Jefferson Davis: President of the Confederate States. | Jan 23, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Dec 02, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: CALS Encyclopedia of Arkansas - Jefferson C. Davis (18281879). | Jul 11, 2025 | ||
| Questions and answers added. | Feb 11, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Pearce Museum - Jefferson Davis. | Feb 07, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Yale Law School Legal Scholarship Repository - The Trial of Jefferson Davis (PDF). | Oct 30, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Yale Law School Legal Scholarship Repository - The Trial of Jefferson Davis (PDF). | Oct 29, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: GlobalSecurity.org - Jefferson Davis. | Sep 16, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Mary Washington - The Crawley Great Lives Lecture Series - Jefferson Davis. | Apr 19, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Feb 26, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Mississippi Encyclopedia - Jefferson Davis. | Oct 10, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Rice University - The Papers of Jefferson Davis - About Jefferson Davis. | Aug 18, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: American History Central - Jefferson F. Davis. | Jul 06, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Endowment for the Humanities - The Other Jefferson Davis. | May 19, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: HistoryNet - Jefferson Davis and the Politics of Command. | Apr 04, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: American Battlefield Trust - Jefferson Davis. | Apr 04, 2022 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Sep 10, 2020 | ||
| Cross-references added. | Aug 14, 2019 | ||
| Article revised and expanded. | Oct 27, 2017 | ||
| Bibliography revised. | Oct 27, 2017 | ||
| Media added. | Jun 23, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: Mr.Nussbaum - Biography of Jefferson Davis. | Dec 21, 2016 | ||
| In section President of the Confederacy, revised description of the condition of the South at the start of the Civil War. | Jun 02, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Texas State Historical Association - The Handbook of Texas - Jefferson Davis. | Jan 20, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Civil War Trust - Biography of Jefferson Davis. | Jan 20, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Spartacus Educational - Jefferson Davis. | Jan 20, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Ohio State University - Biography of Jefferson Davis. | Jan 20, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: First White House of the Confederacy - Biography of Jefferson Davis. | Jan 20, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Shotgun's Home of the American Civil War - Biography of Jefferson Davis. | Jan 20, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: America's Story from America's Library - Jefferson Davis. | Jan 20, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Park Service - Biography of Jefferson Davis. | Jan 20, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: History, Art, and Archives - United States House of Representatives - Biography of Jefferson Davis. | Jan 20, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Public Broadcasting Service - Biography of Davis Jefferson. | Jan 20, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Miller Center - Biography of Jefferson Davis. | Jan 15, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Smithsonian Civil War - Biography of Jefferson Davis. | Mar 18, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: History Learning Site - Biography of Jefferson Davis. | Mar 18, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress - Biography of Jefferson Davis. | Mar 18, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: United States History - Biography of Jefferson Davis. | Mar 18, 2013 | ||
| Added mention of his middle name, Finis. | Jul 26, 2011 | ||
| Added photograph. | Apr 25, 2011 | ||
| Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - History - Biography of Jefferson Davis. | Nov 06, 2008 | ||
| Bibliography revised and updated. | Jun 23, 2008 | ||
| Media added. | Oct 22, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: Rice University - The Papers of Jefferson Davis. | Jun 22, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: Making of America - Speeches of the Hon. Jefferson Davis. | May 31, 2006 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | May 04, 1999 |
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