Tirohia te wāhanga i raro nei, kātahi ka whakautu i te pātai i muri mai i te reo kotahi me te wāhanga:  Passage: I whanau a Davis i Fairview, Kentucky, ki tetahi kaiahuwhenua whai rawa, te mea iti rawa o nga tamariki tekau. I tipu ake ia i te rohe o Wilkinson, Mississippi, a i noho ano ia ki Louisiana. Ko tana tuakana a Joseph Emory Davis i whakarite i te whakatuunga a Davis ki te United States Military Academy. Whai muri i tana tohu, e ono tau a Jefferson Davis e mahi ana hei rangatira i te ope taua o te United States. I whawhai ia i te Pakanga o Mexico-Amerika (1846-1848), hei koronel o te reimana o nga kaitohutohu. I mua i te Pakanga Tangata o Amerika, i whakahaerehia e ia tetahi maara miro nui i Mississippi, i hoatu e tona tuakana a Hohepa ki a ia, ana he 113 nga pononga. Ahakoa i tautohetohe a Davis ki te wehenga i te tau 1858, i whakapono ia he tika ta nga kawanatanga ki te wehe i te Uniana.  Pātai: I tehea wā i mutu ai te whawhai a Jefferson Davis i te pakanga o Mexico-Amerika?
Ko te tau 1848