Editing Jefferson Davis (section)

==Death==
{{Main|Death and funeral of Jefferson Davis}}
[[File:Jefferson Davis funeral in New Orleans, La. LCCN2005680086.jpg|thumb|Funeral procession of Jefferson Davis in [[New Orleans]] (1889)|alt=city street view from above, street seen diagonally from lower left to upper right, crowds of people line the street, horses, carriages and people march along it]]

In November 1889, Davis embarked on a steamboat in [[New Orleans]] in a cold rain, intending to visit Brierfield plantation. He fell ill during the trip, but refused to send for a doctor. An employee sent a telegram to Varina, who came to get him. Davis was diagnosed with acute bronchitis complicated by malaria.{{sfn|Collins|2005|pp=50–51}} When he returned to New Orleans, Davis's doctor Stanford E. Chaille pronounced him too ill to travel further. He was taken to the home of [[Charles Erasmus Fenner]], the son-in-law of his friend J. M. Payne, where he died at 12:45{{spaces}}a.m. on Friday, December 6, 1889, in the presence of several friends and holding Varina's hand.{{sfn|Cooper|2000|pp=652–654}}

===Funeral and reburial===
Davis's body lay in state at the [[Gallier Hall|New Orleans City Hall]] from December 7 to 11. Davis's funeral was one of the largest held in the South; over 200,000 mourners were estimated to have attended.{{sfn|Davis|1991|p=705}} The coffin was transported on a two-mile journey to the cemetery in a modified, four-wheeled [[limbers and caissons|caisson]] to emphasize his role as a military hero. Davis was buried according to the Episcopal rites and a brief eulogy was pronounced by Bishop [[John Nicholas Galleher]].{{sfn|Collins|2005|p=73–77}}

After Davis's funeral, various Southern states requested to be the final resting site for Davis's remains.{{sfn|Davis|1991|p=705}} Varina decided that Davis should be buried in Richmond, which she saw as the appropriate resting place for dead Confederate heroes.{{sfn|Collins|2005|p=93}} She chose [[Hollywood Cemetery (Richmond, Virginia)|Hollywood Cemetery]]. In May 1893, Davis's remains traveled from New Orleans to Richmond. Along the way, the train stopped at various cities, receiving military honors and visits from governors, and the coffin was allowed to lie in state in three state capitols: Montgomery, Alabama; Atlanta, Georgia; and [[Raleigh, North Carolina]].{{sfn|Collins|2005|pp=95–98}} When Davis was reburied, his children were reinterred on the site as Varina requested,{{sfn|Collins|2005|p=122}} and, when Varina died in 1906, she was buried beside him.{{sfn|Bleser|1999|p=39}}