Jefferson Davis: Great Leader or Architect of Confederate Defeat
Jefferson Davis, the first and only President of the Confederacy. When you talk about Jefferson Davis you often end up asking yourself a question. Was Jefferson Davis a great leader or was he the cause of the Confederacy’s Defeat? ... I arrived at this by looking at three things; the South in general, Davis’s relationship with his generals, and his leadership style.
First let’s look at why Jefferson Davis was elected the first and only President of the Confederate States of America. ... Jefferson Davis was born in 1808, in Christian County, Kentucky. ... So Davis had the qualifications, and was look at favorably by people from the North and the South. ... But Davis and the Confederate government should have seen this and should’ve took the necessary steps to counter these disadvantages. ... Jefferson and the South didn’t. ...
However, Jefferson Davis’s leadership also played a large role in the lose. Davis found himself trying to establish a central government over the confederate states that had left the Union to avoid that#. ... According to one article “Lincoln was flexible, Davis was rigid#.” The article also states the Davis wanted to be right more then he wanted to win#. Davis also played favorites among his generals and would even “unduly” get in the way in the military plans#.
Davis even had problems with his most trusted general Robert E. ... Historian Stephen Woodworth, says that failures of Davis and of his military leaders in the west gave way for Confederate defeat#.
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