[stainlessbanner]

Ridiculous. Davis was no fire eater, more moderate in fact - especially compared to Yancey and Rhett.

Lincoln gambled the states would acquiesce by sending troops and funds to support his war; he was wrong.

[jmacusa]

What I find ‘’ridiculous’’ here are people who claim to be conservatives but are always venerating a bunch of Dixiecrats. Davis was no fire eater? With defeat staring him the face and the Confederacy collapsing around him Davis wanted to go on fighting. Lincoln wanted it over.