1. Comparison of the two Civil War Presidents

2. Background Born in Kentucky (cotton plantation) Family of 10 Attended Military Academy at West Point Married the daughter of Zachary Taylor 2 brothers fought under Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans Cotton planter

3. Commander in Chief of the Confederate army -elected to a 6 year term; served 4 In Black Hawk War Colonel in the US army during Mexican-American War Secretary of War (US under Pierce) US Senator (from MS) -resigned when MS seceded Political/Military Duties

4. Interesting Facts When Davis was captured he was charged with treason. He was never put on trial for it, but he was stripped of his ability to run for office. 89 years after he died, Jimmy Carter and Congress removed this limitation in 1978.

5. Background Born in Kentucky (very poor) Mother died when he was 10 4 sons; only 1 lived into adulthood Debates vs. Stephen A. Douglas Lost election but it put him on the map

6. Thought secession was illegal; use force to defend law and the Union Commander in Chief of the Union army Issued Emancipation Proclamation Gave Gettysburg Address Shot 5 days after CSA surrendered Political/Military Duties

7. From the Gettysburg Address ”... that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain--that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom--and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth."

8. From the Gettysburg Address ”... that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain--that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom--and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth."

9. It is well that war is so terrible, otherwise we would grow too fond of it. Robert E. Lee (1807 - 1870), Statement at the Battle of Fredericksburg (13th December 1862)

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