To keep upn twitter with the latest history news. This year, cspan is touring cities across the country, exploring American History. A recent visit to green bay, wisconsin. We are on the banks of the foxx river in downtown green bay. Across the river from where we are located was the site of fort an american fort built following the war of 1812. At one time, the fort was under the command of Zachary Taylor who would go on to the president of the united states, and among his officers was Jefferson Davis , who went on to become president of the Confederate States of america. Shortly after arriving here at fort howard, Jefferson Davis took an indian wife and had a family with his indian wife before being reassigned. Here inoned his family the green bay area, and one of his sons, joseph davis, grew up to serve in the union army against his father and subsequently remained in the area his whole life. Last civil ware veterans living in the area. Ofdied in 1933 at the age 100 or so. We arent