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21, in Vienna. In 1865, Confederate President Jefferson Davis and most of his Cabinet fled the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia, because of advancing Union forces. In 1917, President ...
The stretch of U.S. Route 1 and Virginia Route 110 that goes through Arlington, Virginia, will have its name changed from Jefferson Davis Highway to Richmond ... It is not 1865, nor 1922, nor ...
The Richmond papers publish the following: WINCHESTER, Va., Oct. 11, 1865. To His Excellency the ... low-countryman. JEFFERSON DAVIS [???]purpose even to indicate the wavy ...
In this segment, William Cooper presented his argument for Jefferson Davis ... 1865 Symposium” was sponsored by the American Civil War Museum and held at the Library of Virginia in Richmond.
Most of U.S. Route 1 in Virginia was named for Jefferson Davis, who was president of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865 ... in their jurisdictions to Richmond Highway in recent years.
RICHMOND, Va., Jan. 18, 1865. His Excellency, Jefferson Davis, President: SIR: I have been surprised to learn that, on a recent conference of the members of Congress from Virginia, they resolved ...
(AP) — Protesters tore down a statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis along Richmond, Virginia’s famed Monument Avenue on Wednesday night. The statue in the former capital of the ...
RICHMOND, Va. — A statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis was torn down along Richmond, Virginia’s famed Monument Avenue on Wednesday night by protesters. The statue in the former ...