. Hannifan & Co.'s new commercial railroad and county map of New Yort State and gazetteer .. . 349 RAILROAD MAP AND BUSINESS DIRECTORY. JEFFERSON DAVIS. (FROM A PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN £N Jefferson Davis is one of the most notable characters on the pages ofAmericas political history. As a statesman he held high rank, andas the leader of an army, who believed in the doctrine of State Rights,he won for himself the esteem of all who loved the South, or who believedin or espoused her cause. Jefferson Davis was born in what is now known as Todd County, Ky.,June 3, 1808. His father was a revolu
. Hannifan & Co.'s new commercial railroad and county map of New Yort State and gazetteer .. . 349 RAILROAD MAP AND BUSINESS DIRECTORY. JEFFERSON DAVIS. (FROM A PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN £N Jefferson Davis is one of the most notable characters on the pages ofAmericas political history. As a statesman he held high rank, andas the leader of an army, who believed in the doctrine of State Rights,he won for himself the esteem of all who loved the South, or who believedin or espoused her cause. Jefferson Davis was born in what is now known as Todd County, Ky.,June 3, 1808. His father was a revolutionary hero, and when Jeffersonwas an infant removed to Mississippi. Young Davis entered Transyl-vania College, where he remained until appointed by President Monroeto the XL S. Military Academy. On his graduation in 1828 he wasassigned to the 1st Infantry and served on the frontier, taking part inthe Black Hawk war of 1831-32. He was promoted to First Lieutenant ofDragoons on March 4, 1833, but after more service against the Indians, ab-ruptly resigned on June 30, 1835, and having married, after a romanticelopement, the daughter of
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