Jefferson Davis was a senator of the United States who established the Smithsonian Institution, instituted the civil service system, and was involved in the construction of the Panama Canal. He was also the President of the Confederate States of America, though it is said that he was reluctant to accept this appointment and wished for the preservation of the union. The First White House of the Confederacy was located in Montgomery, Alabama; today it is a free museum where you can take an elaborate self-guided tour.
When you walk in to the entrance foyer there is a large portrait of Davis from 1853 when he served as the U.S. Secretary of War under President Pierce. The house is lavishly furnished and filled with a plethora of authentic and time period artifacts.
You can enter Davis’ bedroom, all objects inside were his personal possessions from slippers to the walking stick he used while recovering from wounds he endured in the Mexican War. 
In his study, Davis wrote The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government during his retirement to Beauvoir in Mississippi on this small round table.
Upstairs in the relic room there is an eclectic collection of belongings of the Davis family.
A bottle of wine made by Jefferson Davis.
A confederate flag that was draped over his coffin.
The Davis’ lived here from February 1861 until late May 1861 when the capital moved to Richmond, Virginia. This is not a museum dedicated to the history of all aspects of the Civil War, the darkest time in American history. It is a museum that specifically focuses on the home of the Confederate President. Regardless of politics, this is a piece of history that is a part of the story of the American nation.