Charlotte, North Carolina, Greensboro, North Carolina

Confederate President Jefferson Finis Davis’s Escape To Greensboro, North Carolina After The Fall Of The Third Confederate Capital

Hamilton Historical Records

After General Robert Edward Lee surrendered the Confederate army of Northern Virginia at the Appatmattox Courthouse, Jefferson Finis Davis, and other members of the Confederate government were left unprotected by union advances at their temporary Confederate Capital in Danville, Virginia. From April 12th to 13th, 1865, Jefferson Davis, along with other cabinet members, stayed at the home of J.T. Wood in Greensboro, North Carolina to hold cabinet meetings.

After those meetings, the Confederate government cabinet members reconvened in Charlotte, South Carolina, during their escape of the Union army’s advances. This escape would soon lead Jefferson Finis Davis to the state of Georgia.

Published by Hamilton Historical Records

I'm a Virginia historian and legal expert who is related to individuals who rode on the Mayflower ship, American founding father George Mason IV, three Union veterans from the U.S. Civil War, two of whom marched with General Sherman to Atlanta, two Confederate veterans, and President Theodore Roosevelt’s and Franklin Roosevelt’s family.

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