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Compare And Contrast Lincoln And Jefferson Davis

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One leader for the Confederacy was Jefferson Davis. He contributed to the course and outcome of the Civil War by leading the Confederates, most people think he was a stronger leader than Abraham Lincoln, mainly because he was in the United States MIlitary Academy at West Point. Also he was a officer during the Mexican War. Then he helped try to win the war by serving as Secretary of War under the 14th president Franklin Pierce, additionally Jefferson Davis was widely respected for his courage and for his honesty. One leader for the Union was president Abraham Lincoln. Most people from the Union how doubts early on about how Abraham Lincoln would handle leading the Union because many of the Union did not see Abraham Lincoln as a strong

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