And yet, before his death in 1889, Davis would partially repair his reputation by discovering what Swanson calls "the true purpose of his remaining days - remembering and honoring the dead." ...

Inside the Disturbing Case of the 'Jeff Davis 8': Showtime Series Examines Unsolved Murders. ... Chris Harris has been a senior true crime reporter for PEOPLE since late 2015.

Today he's a symbol of the South's lost cause. But Davis was loathed by much of his own military, Congress and public — even before the Confederacy died on his watch.

Jefferson Davis, His Life and Personality. By Gamaliel Bradford. March 1923 ... It is also true that Davis’s somewhat positive and willful temper preferred to surround itself with second-rate ...