What Ever Happened to Confederate President Jefferson Davis?

Now that you know what happened to Jefferson Davis check out this video and find out about The Last Veteran of the Civil War: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Eakd_v-G5o

Nothing. I'm fine. Leave me alone.

He changed his name to Waldo and we've been wondering where he is ever since

That was really interesting, never knew what happened to him. History class focused on signing the surrender by Lee and jumped to reconstruction period. Thank you for making!

In short: Davis was imprisoned for two years, but convicting him of treason would prove problematic since his actions technically weren't unconstitutional. Moreover, it wasn't in the Union's interest to make a martyr out of their former enemy, hence why they let him off the hook rather easily. Later in life, he wrote a book on the history of the CSA, which was met by glowing praise from none other than Oscar Wilde. Davis died in relative obscurity in 1889.

"What ever happened to confederate President Jefferson Davis?" I'm gonna take a shot in the dark here and say he died.

God Bless U.S.A. And C.S.A. Veterans as we are all Americans and should unite against foreign enemies instead of making enemies of eachother

Simon, i love you for uploading this video. As an avid American History buff, for basically my whole life, I have actually never thought what happened to Davis after the war, but I read the title & it immediately drew me in, my favorite part of American history is the civil war era & the 60s-70s. So thank you for uploading this & i hope you stay safe & stay healthy my bearded friend.😊

My great-grandfather, Charles T. Hudson, captured him in the Civil War. We have a button and pieces of fabric from the cloak Davis was wearing, as well as the original newspaper clippings of when he was captured. It’s now in the possession of my brother, Charles T. Hudson IV.

He kept himself to himself - his remains remain there... Who writes this gold?

Robert E. Lee didn't sign confederate surrender, just the surrender of the army of northern Virginia

Mom can we get Abraham Lincoln? No we have Abraham Lincoln at home Abe Lincoln at home:

As the Union Army moved through Mississippi, George Johnson, one of Jefferson Davis' slaves (a slave in the privileged position of bookkeeper for the plantations there), became alarmed. Loyal to his master, Johnson got a "pass" to travel to Virginia to warn Davis and to propose a way of protecting Davis' estates from the Union Army. Johnson persuaded Davis to sign over the deeds to Davis' Mississippi plantations to George Johnson. Johnson returned to Mississippi, and when the Union Army arrived, Johnson was asked, "Who owns these plantations?" "I do. My name is on the deeds." Problem solved! When Davis returned to Mississippi, Johnson restored ownership to Davis. Astonishing. https://youtu.be/qN-p98lYOnQ

As an ancestor of Davis, on my grandmother's side, it was nice to see a more accurate description of his life after the war.

2:05 Jefferson Davis left all the money of the treasury to Captain Clark,where it disappeared under mysterious circumstances. That was the most interesting fact about this whole video.

Davis' first wife was Sarah Knox Taylor, the daughter of future president Zachary Taylor. She died 3 months into the marriage from malaria.

Davis and Nathan Bedford Forrest both resided in Memphis for a time after the war. I live near Moscow, TN and Bedford passed through our property on his way to raid the railroad that runs to Memphis. So much civil war history around here, it's kinda nuts...

He was treated very well for an official enemy of the state.

Why is humpty dumpty assumed to be an egg when the nursery rhyme never says what humpty dumpty is

Excellent job of just presenting the story. I had always wondered what became of ol' Jeff