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Jefferson Davis' First Inaugural Address. Alabama Capitol, Montgomery, February 18, 1861. Gentlemen of the Congress of the Confederate States of America, Friends and Fellow-Citizens:
4. Apr. 2024 · Jefferson Davis, Senator from Mississippi and former Secretary of War, publicly resigned his Senate seat during an emotional farewell address to Congress on January 21, 1861, only days after his home state had seceded from the Union. Less than a month later, Davis was sworn in as the first and—as it turned out—only President of ...
Jefferson Davis---Inaugural Address. Inaugural Address of the President of the Provisional Government. February 18, 1861. Jefferson Davis gave his inaugural address (as "provisional" President) on February 18, 1861. Source: The Jefferson Davis Project at Rice University.
18. Feb. 2019 · A month later, the Civil War started in earnest, and on February 22, 1862 (and Washington’s birthday), Davis gave a second inaugural address, after winning an election under the permanent Confederate constitution.
21. Nov. 2023 · Confederate President Jefferson Davis ' inaugural address was given in fifteen minutes on February 18th, 1861, in Montgomery, Alabama. Written in fifteen minutes the night before, it was a...
“The procession formed on Montgomery Street, where Gen. Davis took his seat in a magnificent carriage of Col. Tennant Lomax, drawn by six beautiful greys. On the same seat in the carriage sat Vice President Stephens, and opposite them were Capt. George Jones of Ala., and Rev. Basil Manley, of this city. Then followed successively in carriages ...
President Jefferson Davis's Inaugural Address | | Extra printing of Davis's speech from the Richmond Enquirer. The address was delivered on 22 February 1862. The paper was then published by Tyler, Wise & Allegre. Bottom of document mentions the evacuation of Nashville on February 22.
