- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Capture of Jefferson Davis
- Creator:
- Brown, Brian
- Date of Original:
- 2002-09-05
- Subject:
- Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889
Presidents--Confederate States of America
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Confederate States of America--Officials and employees - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Irwin County, Irwinville, 31.64824, -83.38266
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about the capture of Confederate president Jefferson Davis. In early May 1865 the Confederate States of America was greatly disorganized, largely because of the frenetic events of the previous month. General Robert E. Lee had surrendered the Confederate armies at the Appomattox Courthouse in Virginia, and most Americans believed the Civil War was over. The assassination of U.S. president Abraham Lincoln in Washington, D.C., by John Wilkes Booth and other sympathizers with the Southern cause, cast suspicion over many in the Confederate government. Though still intact, the government was largely ineffective.
GSE identifier: SS8H5 - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/capture-of-jefferson-davis/
- Language:
- eng
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- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: "Capture of Jefferson Davis," New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved [date]: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org.
- Original Collection:
- Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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