Davis 24 Years

[Desolu64]

Jefferson Davis lived for more than 24 years after the war and the Confederacy ended. This means that the Confederacy's only president had a longer post-presidency than the vast majority of U.S. presidents have. Impressive when you look at it that way.

 

[SWS]

He almost made it to the 1890s.

 

[Desolu64]

He almost made it to the 1890s.

Yep, almost an entire quarter century after the war.

 

[ColonelBuckwalter]

With the health he had, as well as the illness when his wife died I'm impressed at his fortitude.

 

[Library Lady]

With the health he had, as well as the illness when his wife died I'm impressed at his fortitude.

Just so others don't get confused for a bit like I did, can we assume you mean his first wife, Sarah Knox Taylor? His second wife, Varina Howell Davis, outlived him.

 

[ColonelBuckwalter]

Just so others don't get confused for a bit like I did, can we assume you mean his first wife, Sarah Knox Taylor? His second wife, Varina Howell Davis, outlived him.

Yes, his first wife.