Jefferson Davis During The Mexican-American Civil War

After Jefferson Davis’s career as a Senator of Mississippi, he was the U.S. secretary of war and then eventually became the president of the Confederate States. Having owned over 70 slaves, Davis was a firm believer in the expansion of slavery into the new territories. After great success in the Mexican-American War he was chosen for the Senate, where he voted against topics such as the Compromise of 1850. When southern states started to secede, and the chance of a war was likely he resigned his role in the Senate and was chosen to be the president of the Confederate states. Although Davis was hard working, he seemed to always fall short to the better-equipped North. As president, he intervened in Southern military strategy and held less control in the South than Lincoln did in the North. Also, as the Union Army captured more parts of the Confederacy, the power he did have started to decrease significantly.

Grant led the North to multiple victories during the Civil War and served as the 18th president of the United States. After great success in the Mexican-American War, Grant halted his time in the army, until the Civil War. His victories at Vicksburg, Chattanooga, Fort Donelson, and Fort Henry all showed Abraham Lincoln that Grant was capable of leading the Union. After General Lees’ army was left starving, and exhausted during the battle of Appomattox in Virginia, Lee surrendered to General Grant. This was important during the War because Grant was first Union general who had beaten Confederate leader Robert E. Lee. These triumphs were able to show Grants true abilities as a leader to the public, after the number of casualties at