Varina Davis was to say the least outspoken as hell....a fembot in her era
Pot calling kettle black about strident personality in my opinion tween those two
She married 17 years older Davis for the financial security her daddy being broke and her not having other prospects and her used to being rich
She did however have SIX KIDS with him...can’t have hated him too much.
Davis however she was to her credit did her duty when called upon her whole life
People today have no concept of duty
Nobody could have administered a Richmond victory except in a quick victory of “ok you can leave but let’s have understandings” compromise
A war of attrition despite Lees luck and skill was sure defeat given your arms and manpower superiority in the long run something Grant understood well and took advantage of
It was as you are prone to say ad nauseum here....a Lost Cause ...baring extraordinary luck..from jump street
Lee got his ass kicked at Gettysburg. When are you Rebs going to ever give it up?.
The Confederacy got it’s ass kicked. Arms and numbers don’t mean a thing without brains behind them. The Union Army outfought the Confederacy.
The South went to war with no chance of winning.
It went to war without a navy. Stupid move because the first thing the North did was blockade Southern ports.
The Confederates won some battles but lost the war.
But not before they managed to get 600,000 Americans killed.
"I hope the negroes' fidelity will be duly rewarded and regret that we are not in a position to aid and protect them. There is, I observe, a controversy which I regret as to allowing negroes to testify in court. From brother Joe [Joseph Davis], many years ago, I derived the opinion that they should be made competent witnesses, the jury judging of their credibility. (Jefferson Davis: Private Letters 1823-1889, selected and edited by Hudson Strode, New York: De Capo Press, 1995, reprint, p. 188)
During a trip through the western part of the Confederacy, Davis got off his train at Griswoldville, Georgia, in order to meet with a group of slaves who had gathered in the hope of seeing him. These men worked at a local pistol factory and had come to the train station because they wanted to meet Davis. Informed of the gathering, Davis got off the train and circulated among the group, shaking each hand and speaking to each man individually (Cooper, Jefferson Davis, American, p. 494). When Davis returned to Richmond, Virginia, after the war, he was not only cheered by whites but also by blacks. One observer noted that Davis was "greatly touched" by the sympathy shown to him by the blacks in the crowd. In fact, some blacks climbed up on his carriage, shook and kissed his hand, and called out "God bless Mars Davis" (Allen, Jefferson Davis: Unconquerable Heart, pp. 486-487). His funeral train was greeted by crowds of mourners both White and Black on its 1200 mile journey from New Orleans to Richmond.