The Papers of Jefferson Davis: July 1846-December 1848

by Jefferson Davis and James T. McIntosh

At the end of Volume 2 Jefferson Davis had left Congress to become a colonel in the First Mississippi Regiment. The first item in this volume is a speech as he prepares to leave on a riverboat to serve in the Mexican War. The years 1846 through 1848 see Davis play a conspicuous role in the war and in the subsequent political clashes and controversies over slavery.Volume 3 details Davis' first experience in battle as an officer of a regiment as well...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807107867
• ISBN13: 9780807107867
• Release Date: January 1982
• Publisher: LSU Press
• Length: 552 Pages
• Weight: 2.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.5" x 9.5"