The book’s author Harold Holzer writes that Jefferson Davis had repeatedly advocated ... in the text that accompanied the published engraving made from this sketch, mused that the scene ...

Jefferson Davis has gotten a "bad rap" in the 150 years since the doomed Confederacy's only president led his separatist country, a retired Montgomery lawyer and history buff said Wednesday.

The historical carving on Stone Mountain is the only memorial to a trio of Southern men and their horses: Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederacy, on Blackjack, and Generals Robert E.