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Episode: Jefferson Davis Part 1: “The Civil War Was Not About Slavery, it Was About …”
Description: In 1881, while enjoying his retirement at Beauvoir, his home in Biloxi, Mississippi, Jefferson Davis received a call from the future …
On the surface, Jefferson Davis was the perfect person to lead the South in secession from the Union. Prior to the Civil War he served in the United States House and Senate. He understood government. His experience was invaluable because the South had to build a non-existent government from scratch. In this episode, you’ll learn:
How his trouble with authority at Westpoint resulted in some excess drinking that history referred to as “The Egg Nogg R...