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For this report, I decided to compare two great historical figures of the Civil War period; Abraham Lincoln: the 16th president, the Great Emancipator, savior of the Union, and revered national hero, and Jefferson Davis: the first and only president of the Confederate States of America, defender of slavery, leader of a lost cause, and dejected object of ridicule. Abraham Lincoln was the President of the Union, and Jefferson Davis struggled to lead the Confederacy to independence in the U.S Civil War. Lincoln was cherished by the African Americans and was considered a worldly incarnation of the Savior of mankind. ... On the other hand, Davis was both respected and despised. Lincoln had a different view of how the U. ... Davis was a politician, president of the Confederate States of America, and also a successful planter. ... Both Lincoln and Davis had strong feelings for the protection of their land (Catton 12-15). Both Abraham and Jefferson shared several differences and similarities. Lincoln was known to have an easy going, joking type of personality, while Jefferson on the other hand, had a temper such that when he was challenged, he simply couldn’t back down. ... Davis had been a fire-eater before Abraham Lincoln’s election, but the prospect of Civil War made him gloomy and miserable. ... Lincoln also suffered from illnesses during the war. ... Lincoln had difficulties growing up because of the deaths early in his childhood, poverty, and very little education. Davis; however, studied at a Roman Catholic school in Kentucky and at Transylvania University, and entered West Point in 1824. Davis seemed to have had an outreaching environment to his success. The major difference, personality wise, was Davis’s weakness in his incapability to get along with other people where Lincoln was an admired and laid-back man.
Approximate Word count = 1367
Approximate Pages = 5.5
(250 words per page double spaced)
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