You will be given a trivia clue, and the category it belongs to. You should answer with the best answer that belongs in the category and is described by the clue. For simplicity, answers should be in all lower cased letters.

Category: WOMEN WRITERS 
Clue: Mary Chesnut's take on this U.S. war was part of a Ken Burns TV documentary
the civil war

Category: THE CIVIL WAR 
Clue: His first act after being sworn in as president of the Confederacy was to send a peace commission to Washington, D.C.
jefferson davis

Category: PARTS OF A SHIP 
Clue: With "and scrape", it means to be excessively polite

bow