Jefferson Davis was never president of all the United States, but he was president of half of them.Follow Davis as parlays his status as a Mexican-American war hero into a political career as a fiery southern radical, serves as Secretary of War, get's his dream job as general of the confederate Mississippi armies, and days later gets the job he never asked for nor wanted - President of the Confederacy. We'll take a close look at the major decisions he made that helped shape the outcome of the Civil WarWhile we're at it, we'll also look at the Myth of the Lost Cause - a bit of pro confederate revisionism that has tinted how we remember the Civil War in the friendliest way possible for the confederates who started it.Bibliography:1. Embattled Rebel - James McPherson2. Abraham Lincoln – David Herbert Donald3. Grant – Jean Edward Smith

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