Lincoln had been a member of the militia, was self-taught, and had served for only two years a member of the House of Representatives.
Davis had graduated from West Point, eventually commanded a regiment of volunteers as a colonel in the Mexican-American War, served as the Secretary of War, and as a Senator for nearly four years prior to becoming the President of the Confederacy.
Yet, in the end, the North had defeated the South. Was Lincoln a better wartime president, or had Davis simply found bad luck?
Davis had graduated from West Point, eventually commanded a regiment of volunteers as a colonel in the Mexican-American War, served as the Secretary of War, and as a Senator for nearly four years prior to becoming the President of the Confederacy.
Yet, in the end, the North had defeated the South. Was Lincoln a better wartime president, or had Davis simply found bad luck?
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