So he opened it, and leaned over to have a look at the odometer to check the mileage. The crop meter was attached to the dashboard of an automobile and connected by cable to the odometer. An odometer is an apparatus for measuring distances travelled by whatsoever vehicle.
The President of the Confederate States of America was the head of state and head of government of the Confederate States of America, which was formed from the states which declared their secession from the United States, thus precipitating the American Civil War. The only person to hold the office was Jefferson Davis.
The president of the US during the Civil War was Abraham Lincoln. For most of the war it was Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), who proclaimed that the conflict was ultimately intended to preserve the Union of the United States. Actual hostilities began a month after his inauguration, on April 12, 1861.