1. JEFFERSON DAVIS

3. He was the youngest of ten children in the family

4. Graduated from West Point

5. the next seven years were spent in different army posts

6. he fought in the Blackhawk war

8. Mexican

9. Mexican American

10. WAR

11. he then became a US Senator from Mississippi

12. He didn't believe in Mississippi seceding. He thought that every state had the right to secede

14. c o n f e d e r a t e f l a g

15. The states in solid red fought for the Confederacy The shaded states had slaves. Missouri Kentucky

16. old confederate postage stamp

17. he was supposed to be president 6 years....

18. He Led the Confederacy in the Civil war with General Robert E. Lee

19. May 10, 1865

20. May 10, 1865 he was captured

21. he was bailed out by the south and the north

22. After the civil war he was arrested for treason

23. He died at age 81 of unknown causes

24. He believed in a peaceful confederacy

25. He believed in a peaceful confederacy NO WAR

26. Legacy Jefferson Davis helped the confederate states have a sense of pride and unity when it was needed a lot. That pride and unity remains to day!

27. Current Mississippi flag

28. http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h400.html http://www.history.com/topics/jefferson-davis http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_Davis http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3f/US_map-South_Historic_1.PNG http://valstar.net/~jcraig/capture.htm www.factmonster.com http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors-/j/jefferson_davis.html