- Collection:
- Vanishing Georgia
- Title:
- VISIT OF EX-PRES JEFFERSON DAVIS TO THE UNVEILING OF THE HILL STATUE IN ATLANTA
- Date of Original:
- 1886
- Subject:
- Railroads--Trains
Railroads--Georgia--Troup County
Georgia--Politics and government--LaGrange
Special events--Georgia--LaGrange
Transportation--Georgia--LaGrange
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889
Hill, Benjamin H. (Benjamin Harvey), 1823-1882--Death and burial
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Troup County, 33.03351, -85.02834
United States, Georgia, Troup County, LaGrange, 33.03929, -85.03133 - Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- LaGrange, April 30, 1886. Jefferson Davis, former President of the Confederacy, passing through LaGrange on his way from Mississippi to Atlanta. He was traveling by train to Atlanta to take part in the ceremonies at the unveiling of a monument to the late Benjamin Harvey Hill which was to take place on May 1st. Hill, who was from LaGrange, had served in the House and Senate of both the U.S. Congress and the Georgia General Assembly. Mr. Davis is the man with white hair standing at the back of the train under the two flags.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_vang_trp003
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/vang/do:trp003
- Rights Holder:
- Held by Georgia Archives, 5800 Jonesboro Road, Morrow, GA 30260.
Contact repository re: reproduction and usage. - Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Holding Institution:
- Georgia Archives
- Rights:
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