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   Varina Anne "Winnie" Davis (June 27, 1864 – September 18, 1898) was an American author who is best known as the youngest daughter of President Jefferson Davis of the Confederate States of America and Varina (Howell) Davis. Born near the end of the war, by the late 1880s she became known as the "Daughter of the Confederacy".

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   Varina Anne Banks Davis (née Howell; May 7, 1826 – October 16, 1906) was the only First Lady of the Confederate States of America, and the longtime second wife of President Jefferson Davis. She moved to the Presidential Mansion in Richmond, Virginia, in mid-1861, and lived there for the remainder of the Civil War.

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   Learn about the life and legacy of Varina Anne Davis, the youngest daughter of Confederate president Jefferson Davis. Explore her education, literary works, romance, and death from the online collection of her father's papers.

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   Who was Varina Howell Davis?

   • Varina Howell Davis was the second wife of Confederate president Jefferson Davis and the First Lady of the Confederacy during the American Civil War (1861–1865). She was manifestly ill-suited for this role because of her family background, education, personality, physical appearance, and her fifteen-year antebellum residence in Washington, D.C.

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   Who was Varina Anne Davis?

   • A few weeks later, Varina gave birth to their last child, a girl named Varina Anne Davis, who was called "Winnie". The girl became known to the public as "the Daughter of the Confederacy;" stories about and likenesses of her were distributed throughout the Confederacy during the last year of the war to raise morale.

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   Where did Varina Davis live after the Civil War?

   • When the war ended, the Davises fled South seeking to escape to Europe. They were captured by federal troops and Jefferson Davis was imprisoned at Fort Monroe in Phoebus, Virginia, for two years. Left indigent, Varina Davis was restricted to residing in the state of Georgia, where her husband had been arrested.

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   Was Varina Davis married to Jefferson Davis?

   • (Taylor was the daughter of U.S. president Zachary Taylor, who had disapproved of the couple’s marriage.) As Davis admitted in her old age, her husband had always loved his first wife more than he loved her. But marriage to Jefferson Davis had a number of compensations for Varina Davis.

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   Dec 22, 2021 · Varina Howell Davis was the second wife of Confederate president Jefferson Davis and the First Lady of the Confederacy during the American Civil War. She was a native of the urban South, a moderate on slavery, and a loyal but unhappy wife who preferred Washington, D.C. to Richmond.

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   Biography of Varina Howell Davis, the first lady of the Confederacy and the wife of Jefferson Davis. Learn about her early life, education, marriage, children, and publications.

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   The First Lady of the Confederate States of America, Varina Howell Davis (1826–1906) was born in Louisiana, across the Mississippi River from Natchez, Mississippi, to William and Margaret Howell.

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   Varina Anne “Winnie” Davis was the youngest daughter of Confederate president Jefferson Davis and his second wife, Varina Howell Davis. Winnie’s birth in June 1864 was hailed as a blessing by war-weary southerners. Her arrival seemed a good omen that might signify future victory.