Varina Davis

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Mrs. Jefferson Davis seated in an ornate wooden chair, wearing a dark dress with light trim, and looking toward the camera in an undated black-and-white photograph.

The children of Jefferson and Varina Davis.

Varina Davis

first lady of the Confederate States

Also known as: Varina Howell

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Richmond Bread Riot
…four, and Minerva Meredith, whom Varina Davis (the wife of President Davis) described as “tall, daring, Amazonian-looking,” the crowd of more than 100 women armed with axes, knives, and other weapons took their grievances to Letcher on April 2. Letcher listened, but his words failed to pacify the crowd, and…
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…four, and Minerva Meredith, whom Varina Davis (the wife of President Davis) described as “tall, daring, Amazonian-looking,” the crowd of more than 100 women armed with axes, knives, and other weapons took their grievances to Letcher on April 2. Letcher listened, but his words failed to pacify the crowd, and…
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