Complex sentence: During the war, White's father left Romney with his mother and youngest siblings and traveled to Richmond where he served in a position in the Confederate States Department of the Treasury within the government of the President of the Confederate States of America, Jefferson Davis.
Split into simpler sentences: During the war, White's father left Romney with his wife and youngest children and traveled to Richmond. There he served in the Confederate States Department of the Treasury within the government of the President of the Confederate States of America, Jefferson Davis.