jefferson davis was the president of the confederacy states.
jefferson davis was the president of the confederacy states.
who was the president of the confederacy states?
jefferson davis
several european nations maintained diplomats in place who had been appointed to the u.s., but no country appointed any diplomat to the confederacy. those nations recognized the union and confederate sides as belligerents. in 1863 the confederacy expelled european diplomatic missions for advising their resident subjects to refuse to serve in the confederate army. both confederate and union agents were allowed to work openly in british territories. some state governments in northern mexico negotiated local agreements to cover trade on the texas border. pope pius ix wrote a letter to jefferson davis in which he addressed davis as the "honorable president of the confederate states of america". the confederacy appointed ambrose dudley mann as special agent to the holy see on september 24, 1863. but the holy see never released a formal statement supporting or recognizing the confederacy. in november 1863, mann met pope pius ix in person and received a letter supposedly addressed "to the illustrious and honorable jefferson davis, president of the confederate states of america"; mann had mistranslated the address. in his report to richmond, mann claimed a great diplomatic achievement for himself, asserting the letter was "a positive recognition of our government". the letter was indeed used in propaganda, but confederate secretary of state judah p. benjamin told mann it was "a mere inferential recognition, unconnected with political action or the regular establishment of diplomatic relations" and thus did not assign it the weight of formal recognition.
confederate states of america
58th division was relieved by the french on 2/3 april and was moved by rail to cover villers-bretonneux against the continuing german advance. the battalions were replenished with drafts, 2/2nd bn receiving three companies of the disbanded 12th bn middlesex regiment from 18th entrenching bn, and 2/4th bn two companies from 16th entrenching bn (mostly from the disbanded 6th king's own yorkshire light infantry from the 14th (light) division), many of these drafts were very young recruits sent out from england. after a period working on defences, sometimes under fire, the brigade went back into the front line on 17–18 april.
173rd (3/1st london) brigade