. "Abe" Lincoln's yarns and stories : a complete collection of the funny and witty anecdotes that made Lincoln famous as America's greatest story teller [excerpts]. JEFFERSON DAVIS, United States Senator from Mj^issippi, resigned when hisState seceded from the Union, and on February 4th, 1861, a month before the in-auguration of President Lincoln, was elected President o£ the Confederate States ofAmerica. In 1862 he was re-elected for six years, but did not serve his full term, as hewas captured a month after Lees surrender, and imprisoned at Fortress Monroe. His casenever came to trial, he wa
. "Abe" Lincoln's yarns and stories : a complete collection of the funny and witty anecdotes that made Lincoln famous as America's greatest story teller [excerpts]. JEFFERSON DAVIS, United States Senator from Mj^issippi, resigned when hisState seceded from the Union, and on February 4th, 1861, a month before the in-auguration of President Lincoln, was elected President o£ the Confederate States ofAmerica. In 1862 he was re-elected for six years, but did not serve his full term, as hewas captured a month after Lees surrender, and imprisoned at Fortress Monroe. His casenever came to trial, he was released, and died in 1889. Kentucky was his native State(as it was also Lincolns), 1808 being the year of his birth. He was one year older thanPresident Lincoln. (189). ALEXANDER H. STEPHENS. Vice-President of the Confederate States ofAmerica, was one of the ablest sons of the South, and. notwithstanding the fact that hefollowed his native State of Georgia when it seceded from the Union, was in favor of aconservative policy. He met President Lincoln at the celebrated conference at HamptonReads and the President, after that, had a high regard for his abilities. He served hisState in Congress for several years after the War of the Rebellion, and was elected Gov-ernor of Georgia in 1882. He was born in 1812 and died in 1883. (190)
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