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Writer. 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.
Dec 22, 2021 · Learn about the life and role of Varina Howell Davis, the second wife of Confederate president Jefferson Davis and the First Lady of the Confederacy during the Civil War. Explore her background, education, personality, family, and views on slavery, secession, and the war.
Varina Davis (1826–1906). Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress. Digital ID # cph.3b41146. 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.
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".
Apr 30, 2018 · The much younger second wife of Jefferson Davis, who presided over an imaginary country called the Confederate States of America, Varina Davis has escaped the opprobrium of statues dedicated in...
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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June 3, 1808, Christian county, Kentucky, U.S. Died: December 6, 1889, New Orleans, Louisiana (aged 81) Title / Office: United States Senate (1848-1861), United States. Notable Family Members: spouse Varina Davis. Role In: American Civil War. Battle of Fort Sumter. Top Questions.
