Rangarira ndima iri pasi apa uye ipapo pindura mubvunzo gare gare mumutauro mumwe chetewo sechikamu:  Kupfuura: Davis akaberekerwa muFairview, Kentucky, kumurimi akabudirira, muduku pane vana gumi. Akakurira muWilkinson County, Mississippi, uyewo aigara muLouisiana. Mukoma wake mukuru Joseph Emory Davis akawana kugadzwa kwaDavis muduku kuUnited States Military Academy. Apedza kudzidza, Jefferson Davis akashanda makore matanhatu somutevedzeri muUnited States Army. Akarwa muhondo yeMexico neAmerica (1846-1848), semukuru wemauto ekuzvipira. Pamberi peHondo yeVanhu veAmerica, aishandisa munda mukuru wekotoni muMississippi, uyo munun'una wake Joseph akamupa, uye aiva nevaranda vanosvika 113. Kunyange zvazvo Davis akapikisa kupatsanuka muna 1858, aidavira kuti nyika dzaiva nekodzero isingarambiki yokusiya Union.  Mubvunzo: Jefferson Davis akagumisa rini kurwa kwake muhondo yeMexico neAmerica?
1848