Jefferson Davis at the Lanier House

Jefferson Davis at the Lanier House (HMGVL)

Location: Macon, GA 31201 Bibb County
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Country: United States of America
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N 32° 50.25', W 83° 37.633'

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On May 4, 1865, Jefferson Davis arrived in Washington, Georgia (100 miles NE), where he performed what proved to be his last duties as President of the Confederate States of America. Shortly thereafter, with a small staff and escort, he departed enroute to the trans-Mississippi Department where, supported by those Confederate forces not yet surrendered, he hoped to negotiate a just peace.

After a difficult journey via Sandersville, Dublin and Abbeville, he camped a mile north of Irwinville (106 miles S) in the present Jefferson Davis Memorial State Park, unaware that, in Dublin, the 1st Wisconsin Cavalry [US] had found his trail and begun a pursuit.

At dawn on May 10th, his camp was surrounded by men of the 1st Wisconsin and 4th Michigan cavalry regiments [US]. Mr. Davis and his party were seized and brought to the Lanier House, headquarters of Brevet Major General James H. Wilson, USA, commanding the Cavalry Corps, Military Division of the Mississippi [US], which had occupied Macon on April 20th after a destructive raid through central Alabama and western Georgia.

On May 13, the revered leader of the Lost Cause was removed to Fortress Monroe, Virginia, via Atlanta, Augusta and Savannah, where, until May 13, 1867, he was held as a "state prisoner," his hopes for a new nation — in which each state would exercise without interference its cherished "Constitutional rights" — forever dead.
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HM NumberHMGVL
Series This marker is part of the Georgia: Georgia Historical Society/Commission series
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Marker Number011-16
Year Placed1957
Placed ByGeorgia Historical Commission
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Date Added Saturday, September 27th, 2014 at 11:31am PDT -07:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)17S E 254091 N 3636330
Decimal Degrees32.83750000, -83.62721667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 32° 50.25', W 83° 37.633'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds32° 50' 15.00" N, 83° 37' 37.98" W
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Area Code(s)478, 912
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 527-551 Mulberry St, Macon GA 31201, US
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