Jefferson Davis, the future and sole president…
1828 CE
Jefferson Davis, the future and sole president of the Confederate States of America, graduates West Point in 1828.
The Mississippi native is commissioned as a second lieutenant with the 1st Infantry Regiment, and is stationed at Fort Crawford, Wisconsin.
As the flood-prone site of the fort is deemed no longer inhabitable, the army decides to build a new fort on higher ground.
Major Stephen W. Kearny, commanding officer at this time, surveys the area and chooses a site for the new fort upon a hill near the Mississippi River's eastern bank.
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