Website presents a large collection of materials and documents from or about Jefferson Davis. Rice University has produced this site that provides many of his private letters and public speeches. Of particular interest is the chronology...

A biographical profile of the President of the Confederate States of America, Jefferson Davis (1808-1889). From "Confederate Military History."

This site has photographs and paintings of Civil War leaders, both political and military. Clicking on the arrow will take you through pictures and brief biographies of the leaders. From the National Portrait Gallery.

Lee communicates the cutoff of supplies and the events which followed it, causing his surrender.

A fascinating look at the documents concerning Rose O'Neal Greenhow. Included are letters she wrote from prison.

The election of 1860 showed the deep divisions that split the country. With four candidates representing four very different approaches to the issue of slavery, the outcome resulted in the secession of South Carolina, followed eventually...

Jefferson Finis Davis (1808 - 1889) served as President of the Confederate States of America for its entire history of 1861 - 1865 during the American Civil War. After the war, Davis was captured in 1865 and charged with treason. Though...

President of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War.

Jefferson Columbus Davis (March 2, 1828 - November 30, 1879) was an officer in the United States Army who served in the Mexican-American War, the Civil War, and the Modoc War.

General Baker, Chief of the United States Secret Service, born in Stafford, Genesee County, N. Y., October 13th, 1826, died in Philadelphia, Pa., July 2nd, 1868. In 1848 he went to New York and Philadelphia, and in 1853 to San Francisco,...

Our Documents is home to one hundred milestone documents that influenced that course of American history and American democracy. Includes full-page scans of each document, transcriptions, background information on their significance, and...