Varina Davis
Second wife of President Jefferson Davis and First Lady of the Confederate States (1826-1906) · United States · Writers · Died at 80
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Varina Anne Banks Davis was the only First Lady of the Confederate States of America, and the longtime second wife of President Jefferson Davis. She moved to the presidential mansion in Richmond, Virginia, in mid-1861, and lived there for the remainder of the Civil War.
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The Briars in Natchez, Mississippi.
Wedding photograph of Jefferson Davis and Varina Howell, 1845
Davis in 1849, by John Wood Dodge
Davis in 1862, depicted by Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper
Jefferson and Varina photographed in Montreal, Canada, in 1869
The Davises and their servants in the mid-1880s
Grave of Varina Davis (right) at Hollywood Cemetery, RichmondFamily
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Varina Anne Banks Davis was the only First Lady of the Confederate States of America, and the longtime second wife of President Jefferson Davis. She moved to the presidential mansion in Richmond, Virginia, in mid-1861, and lived there for the remainder of the Civil War. Born and raised in the Southern United States and educated in Philadelphia, she had family on both sides of the conflict and unconventional views for a woman in her public role. She did not support the Confederacy's position on slavery, and was ambivalent about the war.
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