Jefferson Davis' Flight

Jefferson Davis' Flight is a South Carolina historical marker in Joanna, Laurens County, dedicated 1961.

Laurens County · dedicated 1961 · Intersection of S.C. Hwy. 56 & Jefferson Davis Rd. (S.C. Sec. Rd. 29-38), about 2 ½ mi. SW of Joanna, Joanna

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Jefferson Davis/President of the Confederacy/on his flight from Richmond, Va./with his Cabinet and other/high ranking officers/spent the night of April 30, 1865/at the house 1 ½ miles west/then the home of Lafayette Young./Arriving there from Union/Davis left early next morning/for Cokesbury and Abbeville.

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Marker data: South Carolina Historical Marker Program, SC Department of Archives and History
Sponsored by Stephen D. Lee Chapter No. 1066, United Daughters of the Confederacy, Clinton, South Carolina

Jefferson Davis' Flight

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