Davis fought with his regiment in the Blackhawk War of 1831, during which they captured Chief Blackhawk himself. From 1828 to 1833, he carried out his first active service with the U.S. Upon graduating from West Point, Davis was assigned to the post of second-lieutenant of the First Infantry. One of Davis’ fellow cadets later described the burgeoning young leader as "distinguished in his corps for manly bearing and high-toned and lofty character." In 1828, Davis graduated from West Point, 23rd in his class. In 1824, President James Monroe appointed Davis to a cadetship at the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. After completing his boarding school education, Davis enrolled at Jefferson College in Mississippi, later transferring to Transylvania University in Kentucky. Though born in Kentucky, Davis primarily grew up on the Rosemont Plantation near Woodville, Mississippi, eventually returning to Kentucky to attend boarding school in Bardstown. Davis' father and uncles were soldiers in the American Revolutionary War, and three of his older brothers fought in the War of 1812. One of 10 children born into a military family, his birth took place just 100 miles from and eight months earlier than President Abraham Lincoln’s.
Jefferson Finis Davis was born on June 3, 1808, in Christian County, Kentucky (now called Fairview). He was later indicted for treason, though never tried, and remained a symbol of Southern pride until his death in 1889. senator and as secretary of war under Franklin Pierce before his election as the president of the secessionist Confederate States of America. After a distinguished military career, Jefferson Davis served as a U.S.
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