Jefferson Davis: Leader Of The Confederacy
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Just before daybreak on April 12, 1861, the first shot of the Civil
war was aimed at fort Sumter. The people of Charleston came out to watch as
the war began. Lincoln immediately declared that the Confederate states
were in a state of legal rebellion of the U.S. government. Little did
Charleston k ....
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.... in a number of private schools. He spent
two years in St. Thomas College in Kentucky. He also attended local schools
near home. He was always a perfect student getting the top grades in all of
his classes until he was 13 and entered Transylvania College. While in
college he studied just enough to pass, and graduated 23 out of 32 in his
class from West Point Military Academy. After his schooling Davis took up
his commission as second lieutenant. He was very sociable and was described
as witty, ....
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