President of the Confederate States of America advice and consent of the senate. He was further empowered to grant reprieves and pardons, and convene and adjourn either or both houses of Congress under extraordinary circumstances. The president was indirectly elected by the people through the Electoral College to a six-year term, and was one of only two nationally elected Confederate officers, the other being the Vice President. On February 18, 1861, Jefferson Davis became president of the provisional government. On February 22, 1862, he became president of the permanent government and served in that capacity until being captured by elements of the United States Cavalry in 1865.
C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America deleted from the film's final cut, including several for the Confederate States Air Force and a children's show, "Uncle Tom and Friends", which features various classic cartoons: Pixie and Dixie and Mr. Jinks, and Yogi Bear, Also shown is a slave auction held online, with the Internet replacing the traditional slave market. At the film's end, titles note that parts of the alternate timeline are based on real history and that some of the racist products depicted did actually exist, citing Uncle Ben's and Aunt Jemima as examples. In 1861, the southern, slave-owning states of the United States of America