"Inauguration of President Jefferson Davis of the Southern Confederacy, at Montgomery, Alabama, February 18, 1861." Illustration from the March 9, 1861, edition of popular newspaper Harper's Weekly.
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"Inauguration of President Jefferson Davis of the Southern Confederacy, at Montgomery, Alabama, February 18, 1861." Illustration from the March 9, 1861, edition of popular newspaper Harper's Weekly.