President Jefferson Davis-GHM-150-6-Washington Co
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Sprinterman
N 33° 04.811 W 082° 48.209
17S E 331667 N 3661622
Ga 15, 1.5 miles south of Warthen
Waymark Code: WM6D4B
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 05/15/2009
Views: 8
Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America and party camped near here in a wooded area, when trying to reach Mobile, in his flight from Federal Soldiers. The party, on horseback, stopped at Warthen´s Store to purchase food supplies for man and beast and were directed to a secluded spot, on what was then known as Griffin´s Pond.
From here President Davis and his party proceeded to a point in Irwin County where they were overtaken by Union soldiers and captured.
Type of Marker: Highway
Marker #: 150-06
Date: 1954
Sponsor: GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION
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