Vazhinji vanyori venhoroondo vanopa kumwe kwekushaya simba kweConfederation kuhutungamiriri husina kunaka hwaDavis. Kufungisisa kwake nezve tsananguro, kusada kutumira basa, kushomeka kwekukwezva kwevanhu, kusawirirana nemagavhuna ane simba uye mauto, kufarira shamwari dzekare, kusakwanisa kuwirirana nevanhu vaisawirirana naye, kuregeredza nyaya dzevagari vemo vachida zvechiuto, uye kuramba pfungwa dzeveruzhinji zvese zvakashanda zvinopesana naye. Vanyori venhoroondo vanobvumirana kuti aive mutungamiri wehondo asingashande zvakanyanya kupfuura mumwe wake weUnion, Mutungamiri Abraham Lincoln. Mushure mekunge Davis abatwa muna 1865, akapomerwa mhosva yekupandukira uye akaiswa mutirongo kuFort Monroe muHampton, Virginia. Haana kumbotongwa uye akasunungurwa mushure memakore maviri. Kunyange asina kunyadziswa, Davis akange adzingwa muConfederate mushure mehondo nemukuru wake mukuru Robert E. Lee.
Muna 1881