Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy
Jefferson Davis was like Abraham Lincoln in many ways: both were born in a log cabin in Kentucky and grew up to be president. However, Jefferson Davis was the president of the Confederate States of America. He grew up in Mississippi, with slaves growing cotton and became rich. Jefferson Davis was sent to West Point by his older brother, one of the best schools for the military. Davis's oldest brother wanted his younger sibling to have his own plantation and slaves. He was a mischievous boy, not the smartest, and given to pranks. But he was honest, honorable, and always true to his word, as well as handsome. One day Davis decided he didn't want to work anymore, and his father told him to go to work. 2 days later, he was back in school.
Davis fought in the Black Hawk War, Mexican-American War, and was elected to Congress. He married another wife after his first one died of malaria and he recovered. David was soon appointed to U.S. Senate.
President Davis had appointed some of the best generals in the Americas. He understood military matters better than economics and finance, and his government suffered because of this. The Confederate army usually didn't have enough food, weapons, and ships. The region was dependent of just a few crops, and they were agricultural and feudal while the rest of the world was industrial. During the war, meat, vegetables, and grains were always short in supply. The South's railroads were not as developed as those of the North. This lack of transportation made it hard to transfer supplies. Though they did have rivers, they didn't reach everywhere, and the Union army was quickly gaining control of the Mississippi. And to add to all these problems was poor management.
President Davis and Confederate leaders weren't worried about the lack of supplies; they seemed to be sure that England would provide their soldiers the needed things for them. They had always bough Southern cotton and tobacco, and the South had always bought manufactured goods from England. England needed the cotton for the mills. British aristocrats and Southern plantation owners were good friends, and many English people didn't like the Yankee idea of equality for all, either. So they were sure that their "friends" would come and save them.
But they didn't. Unfortunately for the Confederates, at this very moment English warehouses had a surplus of cotton. To add to the problem, the Union navy blockaded ports, and the Europeans didn't like the idea of having to break through. Uncle Tom's Cabin also had an effect on people across the sea; they now knew that slaves were actually real people, and many had become faithful abolitionists. While many would have liked to helped the South, the leaders of the island nation wouldn't hear of it.
The Articles of Confederation were once the rules of the nation many years back when it was a confederation. The country wasn't working well because the states had more power than the central government, which was one of the reasons why it turned from it. But the Confederacy was a confederation, and again, the nation wasn't working well. The president didn't have the political power to fight a war, he couldn't make the citizens do things they didn't want to do but he did in order to help the nation, like add taxes. Also, his attitude wasn't helpful either. He was honest and trustful, but was also quite stubborn and irritable, so people didn't like working with him. He also didn't write well- he didn't know how to express himself, how to inspire people, how to be eloquent. He didn't know how to be that way, so he couldn't get the nation be powered up to do what he wanted to do for the country.
Davis fought in the Black Hawk War, Mexican-American War, and was elected to Congress. He married another wife after his first one died of malaria and he recovered. David was soon appointed to U.S. Senate.
President Davis had appointed some of the best generals in the Americas. He understood military matters better than economics and finance, and his government suffered because of this. The Confederate army usually didn't have enough food, weapons, and ships. The region was dependent of just a few crops, and they were agricultural and feudal while the rest of the world was industrial. During the war, meat, vegetables, and grains were always short in supply. The South's railroads were not as developed as those of the North. This lack of transportation made it hard to transfer supplies. Though they did have rivers, they didn't reach everywhere, and the Union army was quickly gaining control of the Mississippi. And to add to all these problems was poor management.
President Davis and Confederate leaders weren't worried about the lack of supplies; they seemed to be sure that England would provide their soldiers the needed things for them. They had always bough Southern cotton and tobacco, and the South had always bought manufactured goods from England. England needed the cotton for the mills. British aristocrats and Southern plantation owners were good friends, and many English people didn't like the Yankee idea of equality for all, either. So they were sure that their "friends" would come and save them.
But they didn't. Unfortunately for the Confederates, at this very moment English warehouses had a surplus of cotton. To add to the problem, the Union navy blockaded ports, and the Europeans didn't like the idea of having to break through. Uncle Tom's Cabin also had an effect on people across the sea; they now knew that slaves were actually real people, and many had become faithful abolitionists. While many would have liked to helped the South, the leaders of the island nation wouldn't hear of it.
The Articles of Confederation were once the rules of the nation many years back when it was a confederation. The country wasn't working well because the states had more power than the central government, which was one of the reasons why it turned from it. But the Confederacy was a confederation, and again, the nation wasn't working well. The president didn't have the political power to fight a war, he couldn't make the citizens do things they didn't want to do but he did in order to help the nation, like add taxes. Also, his attitude wasn't helpful either. He was honest and trustful, but was also quite stubborn and irritable, so people didn't like working with him. He also didn't write well- he didn't know how to express himself, how to inspire people, how to be eloquent. He didn't know how to be that way, so he couldn't get the nation be powered up to do what he wanted to do for the country.