. The great Civil War : a history of the late rebellion, with biographical sketches of leading statesmen also distinguished naval and military commanders, etc. . d while pertinaciouslyresisting a superior force, but still re-mained in the saddle until the end of thebattle. General Taylor complimentedhim highly in his dispatch. On the ex-piration of the term of service of hisregiment he returned home, but on hisway he was met with a commission ofbrigadier-general of volunteers fromPresident Polk. This, however, with ascrupulous regard for the sovereignrights of his State, he refused to accept,o
. The great Civil War : a history of the late rebellion, with biographical sketches of leading statesmen also distinguished naval and military commanders, etc. . d while pertinaciouslyresisting a superior force, but still re-mained in the saddle until the end of thebattle. General Taylor complimentedhim highly in his dispatch. On the ex-piration of the term of service of hisregiment he returned home, but on hisway he was met with a commission ofbrigadier-general of volunteers fromPresident Polk. This, however, with ascrupulous regard for the sovereignrights of his State, he refused to accept,on the ground that the Federal author-ity, in making such an ai^pointment,was interfering with the prerogative ofMississippi. In 1847, Davis was appointed bj theGovernor of Mississippi senator of theUnited States, to fill a casual the next year, however, he wasunanimously elected by the Legislatureto complete the term, and again in1850 was a second time chosen. Hewas appointed chairman of the com-mittee on military affairs, and took aprominent part in the debates on mostimportant questions, but especially onthose which bore upon the interests of. Fi-qta a Fkotograpb. Ly Bra%
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