| 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] |
PREFACE
For four years Jefferson Davis was the central and most conspicuous figure in the greatest revolution of history. Prior to that time no statesman of his day left a deeper or more permanent impress upon legislation. His achievements alone as Secretary of War entitle him to rank as a benefactor of his country. But notwithstanding all of this he is less understood than any other man in history. This fact induced me a year ago to compile a series of magazine articles which had the single purpose in view of painting the real Jefferson Davis as he was. Of course, the task was a difficult one under any circumstances, and almost an impossible one in the restricted scope of six papers, as it appeared in The Pilgrim. However, the public according to these papers an interest far beyond my expectation, I have decided to revise and publish them in book form.
This work does not attempt an exhaustive treatment of the subject but, as the author has tried faithfully and without prejudice or predilection to paint the soldier, the statesman, the private citizen as he was, he trusts that this little volume may not be unacceptable to those who love the truth for its own sake.
L. K.
Akron, Ohio, Aug. 16, 1904.