Jefferson Davis fled the Confederate capital of Richmond on April 2, 1865, and he began a journey ... Union troops brought Davis back to Virginia and incarcerated him at Fort Monroe in Hampton.

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 ...

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 ...

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.

A descendant of Confederate President Jefferson ... Davis first addressed his ancestor’s devoutness. On April 2, 1865, Davis was walking from his residence to St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in ...

On February 14, 1864, Varina Davis, wife of Jefferson Davis, on returning home in Richmond, Virginia saw a black ... Georgia in May 1865 when her party was captured by Union troops.

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 ...

It's the latest statue to fall in Richmond in recent days. Protesters tore down the statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis in Virginia's ... America from 1861 to 1865.

While dismantling the pedestal that once held a Jefferson Davis statue in Richmond, Virginia, workers on ... a Bible with a coin stuck to it and an 1865 edition of Harper’s Weekly magazine ...