Only one person has ever held the title of President of the Confederate States of America. In this episode, we're going to find out more about him and the power structure of the Civil War rebel states.How did the confederate constitution differ from that of the United States of America? How was Davis selected? And what happened to him after the war ended?Don is joined by Aaron Sheehan-Dean, Professor at Louisiana State University and editor of a number of books on this subject.Produced by Sophie Gee. Edited by Aidan Lonergan. Senior Producer was Charlotte Long.Sign up to History Hit for hundreds of hours of original documentaries, with a new release every week and ad-free podcasts. Sign up at https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe. You can take part in our listener survey here.All music from Epidemic Sounds.American History Hit is a History Hit podcast.
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Virginia's State Capitol building is bursting at its seams. It's December 1861, and lawmakers and visitors press and jostle through crowded doorways, navigating the echoey stone halls in search of a quiet corner to prepare for meetings. Despite the chill outside, the central rotunda is sweltering. The air thick with the fetid odor of hundreds of bodies.
Not to mention the greasy aromas of cooked poultry, peanuts and hard-boiled eggs, available from food stands. Chicken bones crackle underfoot in a slick residue of tobacco spit, all of it creating a dicey walking hazard. Back in 1785 Thomas Jefferson designed this grand building for Richmond's Capitol Square, modeling it after classical Roman temples.
But at this time, there are yet no front steps or legislative wings. Practically speaking, the space is too small even for its designed purpose. Never mind now, the Virginia General Assembly will be sharing the structure with the first Confederate States Congress, which will use the Senate Chamber to debate the ongoing dreadful issues of slavery, secession and war.
Greetings all, Don Wildman here and this is American History Hip. Welcome back. It's 1861. Steam now powers American industry and transportation as locomotives pull train cars to the Mississippi and just beyond. Ships can now be built to the enormous dimensions of the USS Kirsich. 200 feet bow to stern.
For the last two decades, folks have been communicating by telegraph, but just three years ago, the first successful transatlantic cable was sent between Europe and North America. In medicine, ether and chloroform are now being used for patients under the knife, but germ theory is not yet widely accepted.
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