30-1 Jefferson Davis' Flight
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Markerman62
N 34° 22.916 W 081° 51.518
17S E 421062 N 3804839
South of Clinton on SC 56.
Waymark Code: WMNG9D
Location: South Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 03/10/2015
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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 1½ miles west, then the home of Lafayette Young. Arriving there from Union Davis left early the next morning for Cokesbury and Abbeville.
Erected by Stephen D. Lee Chapter No. 1066 United Daughters of the Confederacy, Clinton, South Carolina.
Marker Name: Jefferson Davis' Flight
Marker Location: Roadside
Type of Marker: Person
Marker number: 30-1
County: Laurens
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