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Varina Davis as a New York Yankee

Posted on March 17, 2014 by Feather Schwartz Foster

The last years of The First Lady of the Confederacy were spent as a New York Yankee. Varina Davis:  A Northern Lineage Although Varina Howell Davis (1826-1906) was born and raised in Natchez, Mississippi, she had prominent Northerners on her … Continue reading →

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