01384cam a2200289 4500 283104280 TxAuBib 20080404120000.0 080404s1981||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780807107867 $50.00 0807107867 $50.00 TxAuBib Davis, Jefferson. The Papers of Jefferson Davis : Volume 3; July 1846 - December 1848 / Jefferson Davis; edited by James T. McIntosh. Baton Rouge, Louisiana : Louisiana State University Press, 1981. 509 p : hardbound. The Mexican War offered Jefferson Davis a chance for military glory and public notice, which he exploited to the fullest. During the two and a half years covered by this volume Davis rose from a little-known congressman and former soldier to a geniuine war hero and nationally recognized politician. 20080404. Davis, Jefferson 1808-1889. United States -- Politics and government 1815-1861 Sources. United States -- History Civil War 1861-1865 Sources. Confederate States of America History Sources. Confederate States of America -- Presidents Correspondence. McIntosh, James T. Crist, Lynda Lasswell. Dix, Mary S.