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It hasn’t been easy getting people excited about celebrating the 200th birthday of that tall, gaunt, bearded, Kentucky-bred president who was born in a log cabin and went on to lead his people ...

Davis attended the U.S. Military Academy at West Point before joining the Army and distinguished himself in the Mexican-American War. He was named secretary of war under President Franklin Pierce.

Legend has it that an on-the-run Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederate States of America, ... "He attended West Point, was a war hero, was a member of both the House and Senate, ...

Jefferson Davis was raised on a plantation and educated at Transylvania University and West Point. He served as a congressman, a senator and as secretary of war, and distinguished himself in ...

Gen Jefferson Davis at West Point. Share full article. Sept. 26, 1855. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from September 26, 1855, Page 2 Buy Reprints.