<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War" id="mwbg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_Davis" id="mwbw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Jefferson Davis">Jefferson Davis</a> is elected the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_Confederate_States_of_America" id="mwcA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="President of the Confederate States of America">Provisional President</a> of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederate_States_of_America" id="mwcQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Confederate States of America">Confederate States of America</a> by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provisional_Congress_of_the_Confederate_States" id="mwcg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Provisional Congress of the Confederate States">Provisional Confederate Congress</a> at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montgomery,_Alabama" id="mwcw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Montgomery, Alabama">Montgomery, Alabama</a>