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Message:: [QUOTE="TheNickelGuy, post: 8208094, member: 20201"]1965 Jefferson DavisMississippi StatehoodMedallic Art Co.Bronze Medal [ATTACH=full]1439158[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1439163[/ATTACH] Kentucky born Jefferson Davis was an American politician who served as the only President of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865. He was a member of the Democratic Party who represented Mississippi in the United States Senate and the House of Representatives prior to becoming president of the Confederacy. He was the 23rd United States Secretary of War, serving under U.S. President Franklin Pierce from 1853 to 1857. Jefferson Davis served six years as a lieutenant in the United States Army. He fought in the Mexican–American War (1846–1848), as the colonel of a volunteer regiment. Davis raised a volunteer regiment, the 155th Infantry Regiment, becoming its colonel under the command of his former father-in-law, General Zachary Taylor. After Davis was captured by Union forces on May 10 1865 at Irwinville in Irwin County, Georgia, he was accused of treason and imprisoned on May 19, 1865 in a casemate at Fortress Monroe on the coast of Virginia.Irons were riveted to his ankles at the order of General Nelson Miles who was in charge of the fort. Davis was allowed no visitors, and no books except the Bible. He was never tried and was released after two years.Before the American Civil War, he operated a large cotton plantation in Mississippi and owned as many as 74 slaves. After the Civil War most historians sharply criticize Davis for his flawed military strategy, his selection of friends for military commands, and his neglect of homefront crises.After his release from prison and pardon, Davis faced continued financial pressures, as well as an unsettled family life, he lost about everything he owned. He was a proud man and would not accept charity but most of his financial ventures were dismal.Davis had poor health for most of his life, including repeated bouts of malaria, battle wounds from fighting in the Mexican–American War and a chronic eye infection that made bright light painful. He also had a nerve disorder that caused severe pain in his face. After the war, he contributed to reconciliation of the South with the North, but remained a symbol for Southern pride. [ATTACH=full]1439146[/ATTACH]  1966 Robert E LeeVirginia StatehoodMedallic Art Co.Bronze Medal [ATTACH=full]1439161[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1439159[/ATTACH]   Robert Edward Lee was an American and Confederate soldier, best known as a commander of the Confederate States Army. He commanded the Army of Northern Virginia in the American Civil War from 1862 until his surrender in 1865. A son of Revolutionary War officer Henry "Light Horse Harry" Lee III, Lee was a top graduate of the United States Military Academy and an exceptional officer and military engineer in the United States Army for 32 years. During this time, he served throughout the United States, distinguished himself during the Mexican–American War, and served as Superintendent of the United States Military Academy. When Virginia declared its secession from the Union in April 1861, Lee chose to follow his home state, despite his desire for the country to remain intact and an offer of a senior Union command.During the first year of the Civil War, Lee served as a senior military adviser to Confederate President Jefferson Davis. In the summer of 1863, Lee invaded the North again, marching through western Maryland and into south central Pennsylvania. He encountered Union forces under George G. Meade at the three-day Battle of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania in July. That battle would produce the largest number of casualties in the American Civil War. [ATTACH=full]1439143[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]

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