JEFFERSON DAVIS MEMORIAL 
STATE HISTORIC SITE 
 
FACILITI ES 
 Civil War Museum with Video 
 Monument  1 3-M1le Nature Trail  13 Picnic Sues  Group Shelter 
(seats 100)  Gift Shop  Playground 
ANNUAL EVENTS 
 Confederate Memorial Day (April) 
 Jeff Davis Flight G Captur e (May) 
 Jeff Davis Binhday Celebration (June) 
 Junior Ranger Program 
 186os Christmas <December) 
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When Confedera1e President Jefferson Davis and a few remmmng srarr members crossed the Savannah River Into Georgia on May 3, 186;. they were headed for the Western theater of war where Davis planned 10 un11e rebel forces and conunue f1gh11ng for 1he "lost cause  On May 9, 186,;, they camped In this pine forest. no1 knowing 1ha1 pursu11 was so close behind At dawn, they were surrounded by two independent groups of Umon cavalry who were unaware of each other's presence Gunfire ensued unul 1he federal forces realized they had been shooung at one another. Two Union cavalrymen d1t'd during the skirmish Davis was taken prisoner and held tn V1rgmIa for two years unul released Today, a monument mar~ the spot where he was arrested V1s11ors can tour the I3-acre h1stonc site that includes a museum. short 1ra1I, pIcnIc tables and a group shelter 
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Located 14 mlles east of 1-75 e~,t 178 (Ga Hwy 32). Follow brown dlrect,onal signs. 
 
NEARBY ATTRACTIONS 
 
 General Coffee S1a1e Park camping 
 Reed Bingham Srnte Park camping 
 Georgia Veterans Memorial Staie Park - camping 
 
 Lmlc Ocmulgee State Park. Lodge and Golf Course camping 
 Georgia Agrlrama  Blue and Gray Museum  Crime and Punishment Museum 
 
HOURS 
Tuesday-Saturday 9 a.m -; p.m., Sunday 2-5,30 pm Closed Monday <except holidays), Thanksgiving. Christmas and 
New Year's Day. Closed Tuesday when open Monday Group rares available w11h advance no11ce 
 
INFORMATION 
 
Jefferson Davis Memoml S111tc H1s1oric Sue 338 Jeff Davis Park Road Fmgerald. GA 31750 229-831-zm 
 
Georgia S1111e Parks and Historic Sues z MLK Jr Drive, Suite 1352 Atlanta. GA 30334 404-6,;6-mo 
 
www.gastateparks.org 
 
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STATE PARKS & HISTORICSITES