The Civil War

Varina H. Davis portrait, Face-to-Face talk


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Margaret Vining, National Museum of American History curator in Military History, talks about Varina H. Davis (1826-1906), first lady of the Confederacy. Recorded March 24, 2011. Image: Varina Howell Davis / John Wood Dodge / Watercolor on ivory, 1849 / National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Varina Webb Stewart
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The Civil WarBy National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution