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As all students of the American Civil War know, Jefferson Davis was the commander of the main Confederate army in the Western Theater. What is less well-known is that he nearly became President of the Confederate States during the Montgomery Convention. The Mississippi delegation tried hard to win support for Davis, but the Georgians persuaded the South Carolinians to throw their support to Robert Toombs, who then got the support of Alabama and Louisiana and secured the presidency.

What if Davis, rather than Toombs, had become the President?
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