- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Jefferson Davis historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Irwin County
Confederate States of America--Politics and government
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Irwin County, Irwinville, 31.64824, -83.38266
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: Jefferson Davis Memorial State Park near Irwinville
Text of marker: "JEFFERSON DAVIS. On May 4, 1865, Jefferson Davis arrived in Washington, Georgia (178 miles N.E. of the Park), where he performed his last duties as President of the Confederate States of America. Shortly thereafter, with a small staff and escort, he departed enroute to the trans-Mississippi Department where, undaunted by the tragic surrenders at Appomattox and Durham Station, he intended to unite the forces of Generals E. Kirby Smith, Taylor, Forrest, Maury and Magruder "to form an army, which in the portion of that country abounding in supplies, and deficient in rivers and railroads, could have continued the war until our enemy, foiled in the purpose of subjugation, should, in accordance with his repented declaration, have agreed, on a basis of return to the Union, to acknowledge the Constitutional rights of the States, and by a convention, or quasi-treaty, to guarantee the security of person and property." His family joined him near Dublin. On the night of May 9th, after a difficult journey via Sandersville, Dublin and Abbeville, he camped at this site, unaware that pursuit was close behind. At dawn, his camp was surrounded by Union cavalry and the revered leader of the Lost Cause was taken to Fortress Monroe, Virginia, where, until May 13, 1867, he was held as a "state prisoner," his hopes for a new nation, in which each state would exercise without interference its cherished "Constitutional rights," forever dead. 077-6 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1987" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_jefferson-davis5
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_jefferson-davis5
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- Copyright held by David Seibert. Please contact markers@davidseibert.com about commercial reproduction and use
- Holding Institution:
- Digital Library of Georgia
- Rights:
-
