Davis, Jefferson

The Confederate States of America was dependent on the success of its military. Civilian leaders stood behind the military, creating and dictating policy at all levels of Confederate society. President Jefferson Davis assembled a Cabinet designed to unite separate States behind …

While numerous historians have studied and written about the lives and deeds of Stonewall Jackson, Robert E. Lee, and Jefferson Davis, fewer have conducted analyses of these three individuals’ popular memories. This study considers how the memory of these three Confederate leade…