Paul D. Escott, After Secession: Jefferson Davis and the Failure of Confederate Nationalism (1992), p. 254
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Jefferson Davis, on the other hand, had made clear from the first days of the war that his paramount goal was the attainment of independence... [H]e fought for such measures as conscription, central direction of the army, and the suspension of habeus corpus.
— Paul D. Escott
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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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