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THE FIRST TIME ON FILM...
A COMPLETE LIFE OF JEFERSON DAVIS...
IN THREE EPISODES...
Jefferson Davis, an American President
Jefferson Davis was the Confederate States of America's first and only president. But what few people realize is that Jefferson Davis had already lived half a century before the Civil War began---much of which was spent in patriotic service to the United States of America. As an Army officer, congressman, Secretary of War, and two-term Mississippi senator, Davis was instrumental in founding the Smithsonian Institution, and was largely responsible for the current design of the United States Capital.
This unprecedented documentary feature film--five years in the making---covers Jefferson Davis' whole epic life.
A COMPLETE LIFE OF JEFERSON DAVIS...
IN THREE EPISODES...
Jefferson Davis, an American President
Jefferson Davis was the Confederate States of America's first and only president. But what few people realize is that Jefferson Davis had already lived half a century before the Civil War began---much of which was spent in patriotic service to the United States of America. As an Army officer, congressman, Secretary of War, and two-term Mississippi senator, Davis was instrumental in founding the Smithsonian Institution, and was largely responsible for the current design of the United States Capital.
This unprecedented documentary feature film--five years in the making---covers Jefferson Davis' whole epic life.
Episode One: AMERICAN PATRIOT
Jefferson Davis' early years: West Point, military appointment, and his first love and tragically short marriage to Sarah Knox Taylor. After ten reclusive years as a planter, Davis marries again and forges a political path that leads him to Washington City as a Mississippi representative to Congress. He distinguishes himself in the Mexican War and returns a hero. Davis then serves his country in the Senate, as Secretary of War and in the late 1850s, with the stirrings of secession abounding, Davis tries to keep the fledgling nation together but at the end, Davis must side with his home state of Mississippi and departs his beloved Washington City...forever.
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Episode Two: CONFEDERATE PRESIDENT
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After a three-day respite from political life, Davis receives word that he has been appointed provisional President of the Confederate States of America. The firing on Fort Sumter in 1861 sparks the Civil War and Davis not only has to build a country but also defend it in the face of invasion. The four years are filled with struggle and adversity, both for his country and his family. After his ...
Episode Three: SHATTERED HERO
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Davis is imprisoned at Fortress Monroe, Virginia for over two years during which there is a public outcry over his treatment and the validity of jailing someone not yet accused of any crime. After his release, Davis begins what will be a cross-country and international search for meaningful employment so that he may provide a life for his family. When an old friend offers her home, Beauvoir, in...
Does anyone know when this was made?
As a Disabled Veteran who served this country - I can see Davis as a historical figure of interest - but I can never call Davis a Patriot. A person that can see a fellow American as mere chattel because of the color of my skin is symbolic of the madness that plagues our nation to this very day.
Wonderful. Have read much about the Generals and learned much, but only now getting to Davis. Have ordered his memoirs. Still believe that the secessionist states were more correct, but the war should have been avoided.
Grant was a true american hero God bless his soul
American idiot i believe
It’s so hard to envision the attitudes of the time, especially when u hear that Europe wouldn’t stain itself w a cause supporting slavery… Like what in the world was the average reasonable person’s point of view
That black orphan story started out really promising, then umm, fizzled quick lol prob could’ve skipped that one…
“U hear sometimes that it was discouraged to educate slaves” erm it was illegal to teach slaves how to read/write…
What a ego, he couldn't say no.
Jeff Davis was a traitor
Good day, and your description of this book is long-winded but here goes: In 1942 George "Bud" Day, then a scrawny 17 year old, defied his parents wishes and went to his local post office to enlist in the Marine Corps. He was 5"2 short and tipped the scales at just 116 pounds. This did not stop him, who says you have to be tall to be a hero....
I think it's like sorry JD you started it and you're going to finish it I should say the north is going to finish it
I have no tears tobshed for this arch white supremacist.
The South fought hard and only surrendered after they were completely beaten and unable to continue. I find that admirable even if the reason for fighting was not.
Oooooohhh, poor, poor Jefferson Davis went to England after the war, and then didn’t have the money to “live well and mingle with the English epicures”…..so sad when aristocratic wanna-be’s never realize their dreams of world domination. Couldn’t have happened to a nicer guy…😱🤣😂
The whole theme is that people of the South didn't believe in the cause as much as good old J.D. I don't know how much more the South could have fought or sacrificed or given. Ulysses Grant said it best: "I felt like anything rather than rejoicing at the downfall of a foe who had fought so long and valiantly, and had suffered so much for a cause, though that cause was, I believe, one of the worst for which a people ever fought, and one for which there was the least excuse." Defending slavery was an awful cause for which to sacrifice a generation of youth. The war was about preserving slavery. Tariffs were a constant source of disagrement between north and south, but they weren't fatal. The country wasn't going to split apart because of them.
It made me think of that EXACT Grant quote as well! I’m enjoying this series but I so wish it was balanced out with less hagiographers.
Is this true? That Davis loved his slaves and didn’t beat em and taught em how to read? Being a lifelong southern (Georgian), I know how southern history can be a little different than we are taught.
Slaves were treated like animal since the ancient period of babylonia Davis was a tyrant like the ancient rome rulers
That picture is not Jefferson Davis, he was a black man so what's his vice president Alexander Hamilton Stevenson was a black man, everything you we're taught about that situation was a lie
I love history but romanticing about people owning other people. There's no moral. Justification for it. It was evil , then as it is evil today in many countries that still have slavery
It's time for states succession and forming a constitutional Republic of the new America. I believe that we have about twenty five to twenty six states that could succeed from the Un United States. Reasons for this action is because of socialism communism and tyranny. Can't get any worse than this. We the people need to draw the line and take sides. Thank you from Ex Army Veteran.
So many sensitive Americans in the comments lmao all upset cause the documentary doesn’t fit their view 😂😂 no wonder America is falling apart nothing but a bunch of little babies
Another white washed version of history. How could Davis be remembered as an "American" patriot after leading the Confederacy? A group that committed treason as defined by the Constitution and fought for the right to enslave people. Want to read a good documentary? Read to South Carolina articles of succession which the other southern states adopted as a base for their succession. It clearly states their intentions to preserve slavery and protect their economic interest. Cotton was like oil back then. Davis was extremely fortunate not to be hanged after the south lost their worthless cause, and you Confederate sympathizers should pay Lincoln tribute for that.
True he was a racist idiot and praised by the losers and the fans of kkk
Long live the confederate memory!and may the union fall for its lies told about its southern brethren!
Jeff Davis was a gentleman, Jeff Davis was no fool, Jeff Davis rode a dapple grey and Abe Lincoln rode a mule 😊
davis was a coward and praised by the idiots and the losers like the kkk
What a tradgic life and period of our Nation.
Davis was a slave owner and their world was coming to an end ! No patriotism involved here , just pure greed ! The thousands of poor Confederates , who owned no slaves , who died for a " Cause " that kept them poor ! Rich Plantation owners who did not fight ! No matter how you pull heart strings with this romantic crap and love of state , Robert E. Lee , Thomas Jackson , James Longstreet and Davis and the rest , traitors ! States rights my butt ! Slavery was the backbone of their constitution , don't believe me , just read it ! How about we put a statue of Adolf Hitler in Richmond ? How about we rename Pearl Harbor , Yamamoto Harbor ? How about naming military bases after Native Americans we lied to and stole from that kicked our asses ? Fort Crazy Horse or Fort Sitting Bull ? Not white enough ? How about John Brown High School or Benedict Arnold University / day care center ? They lost because they held up a bible and defecated all over it with their inability to understand that " All Men are Created Equal in the Eyes of God " . God supported the North because the North supported God !
“The servers that she took with her” Just say slaves.
Pure List Cause Propaganda.
You misspelled Lost old man
Having read so much about Davis it's great to see all of those photos, especially the one where he's smiling in the last years of his long and eventful tragic life.
Although there were no casualties in the 'battle' (for Fort Sumter), during the surrender ceremony and lowering of the flag (striking the colors) US Major Robert Anderson ordered a hundred gun salute, a fire broke out in the magazine and one soldier (Pvt. Daniel Hough) was killed instantly and another (Pvt. Edward Galloway) was fatally wounded (died a couple of days later in hospital). The salute was shortened to a 50 cannon salute. Incidentally, that artillery battery was commanded by Jefferson Columbus Davis, who had fought in the 1846 Mexican War, his unit fought side by side with Jefferson Finis Davis's (later CSA President) Mississipi Rifles. Anderson had been Colonel of Illinois Volunteers in the 1832 Black Hawk War in which he commanded both Capt. Abraham Lincoln (volunteer) and Lt. Jefferson Finis Davis (regular army) in Wisconsin territory. Anderson & Davis escorted Black Hawk and the other prisoners by steamboat to Jefferson Barracks south of St.Louis. Black Hawk praised Davis for his respectful treatment.
White washing a criminal.
Jefferson Davis was best described by Sam Houston. BS on not waging war on civilians. Hundreds of FREE Black Americans were kidnapped and enslaved. Additionally, many Unionists were wiped out in the Tans-Appalachian region. Davis; whole political career was to expand slavery. A lot of misinformation here.
Jeff Davis was a known pedophile who made hi sister pregnant. He died mad as a hatter of terminal syphilis. He was a traitor and no amount of propaganda can change that.
As an african american I enjoy watching this documentary for the sole purpose of hearing how he lost most of his kids, lost his "country", lost his wealth and property, lost his slaves, land destroyed and he struggled for the rest of his years all blind and sad....just brings joy to my heart 😊😊😊
you do realise that many blacks free and slave fought for the Confederacy and that many blacks owned slaves?
Dude. Y’all need to get over slavery. Every country in human history had slavery. White ppl were enslaved. Jews were enslaved. Yet, black ppl are the only ones who want something out of it. You are celebrating the death of someone’s spouse when this guy lived 200 years ago and had zero effect on you or your parents.
The fact that you revel in the fact that he lost most of his kids is sociopathic and sick. Your comment here is unhelpful. Frankly, you should be ashamed and embarrassed that you even posted it.
American traitor
I worked night and day for twelve years to prevent the war but the North was mad and blind and would not let us govern ourselves and so the war came Never be haughty to the humble or humble to the haughty All we ask is to be let alone President Jefferson Davis Confederate States of America
Yes, completely devoid of propaganda. Thank you!
Sensitive American child
Thomas DiLorenzo is a straight up bozo.
They’re trying to rewrite history
I’m very disappointed with this. The whole thing is propaganda.
You Americans are such soft sensitive people it’s pretty’s hilarious
Slow piano music and melancholy narration doesn’t change the fact that Jefferson Davis was a treasonous slave owner who is almost certainly burning in hell currently.
It shouldn't have been called a Civil War. "Civil War" is a battle over control of a country. The CSA had no intention of storming Washington D.C. and taking over the U.S. Government. They just wanted to leave. The whole endeavor was like a wife trying to leave her husband. Then the husband finds out where she is, breaks everything she owns, beats here within an inch of her life, and drags her back into the house. And slavery wasn't a crime at the time (it had been legal for hundreds of years in America). Their "crime" was simply trying to leave.
This whole show is a joke. Davis was a traitor. Period. Southerners still make excuses and pretend losers are heroes. Proud to be from Wisconsin where we celebrate winners, not traitorous losers!!🇺🇲
Right or wrong unimportant to this nonsense??? Why we still suffer white supremacy. Listen to the glorification of this EVIL man.
Loyal American???? Good grief. Throw up now.
All the crying you are doing I can see you throwing up
You don’t see statues of Hitler in Germany. It is despicable to celebrate the confederate slavers period.
Stop crying this was 200 years ago grow up
The narrators act like slavery was sinless. It IS and WAS a disgrace just as the Neo Confederacy aka the Republicans are a national disgrace. The lost cause has never been completely put down in the USA. I am FINISHED with ALL racists and Confederates. NONE will be in my company.
No tragedies will wash away the sins of slave holders. NONE.
Oh my gosh - he was never wealthy after the war. Omg - poor poor JD.
So you are poor
Oh he lost his plantation. Oh cry me a River!
You know you Americans are all the same…whiny little girls who are easily offended
It’s impossible to cry a river