Republic: A Monthly Magazine (1873), p. 384
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Jeff Davis did his best when he fled from Richmond to make out of himself a reconstructed woman. He made such a bad failure, however, that he deems the work simply impossible.
— Republic: A Monthly Magazine
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About Jefferson Davis
Jefferson Davis (3 June 1808 – 6 December 1889), the first and only president of the Confederate States. A Democrat and a slave-owner, he and his vice president, Alexander H. Stephens, led the Confederacy against the United States in the American Civil War, before their defeat by the U.S. in May 1865.
About Jefferson Davis
Jefferson Davis (3 June 1808 – 6 December 1889), the first and only president of the Confederate States. A Democrat and a slave-owner, he and his vice president, Alexander H. Stephens, led the Confederacy against the United States in the American Civil War, before their defeat by the U.S. in May 1865.
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