| | FACING PAGE |
| Jefferson Davis | [Frontispiece] |
| Jefferson Davis’ Birthplace, at Fairview, Ky. | [15] |
| Where Jefferson Davis Boarded While in Lexington | [17] |
| Transylvania College at Lexington | [19] |
| Jefferson Davis at Thirty-five | [31] |
| Briarfield, Jefferson Davis’ Home | [33] |
| The Room in the Briars in Which Jefferson Davis Was Married | [37] |
| General Taylor and Colonel Davis at Monterey | [43] |
| The Charge of Colonel Davis’ Regiment at Buena Vista | [47] |
| Jefferson Davis as United States Senator in 1847 | [51] |
| Jefferson Davis as Secretary of War | [57] |
| The Capitol at Richmond | [77] |
| Interior of Fort Sumter after the Surrender | [93] |
| Henry Clay Addressing the Senate on the Missouri Compromise | [99] |
| Edward Ruffin | [103] |
| Robert Toombs | [107] |
| General Joseph E. Johnston | [111] |
| Generals Lee, Jackson and Johnston | [113] |
| C. G. Memminger | [119] |
| The Site of the Prison Camp on the James River Below Richmond | [133] |
| On the Field of Cold Harbor Today | [137] |
| The Battle of the Crater | [143] |
| Mr. and Mrs. Davis in 1863 | [147] |
| The Davis Children in 1863 | [153] |
| The Famous Libby Prison as It Appeared at the Close of the War | [157] |
| The Surrender of Lee | [163] |
| Richmond as Gen. Weitzel Entered It | [169] |
| The Davis Mansion | [195] |
| The Davis Monument at Richmond | [201] |