Jefferson Davis Memorial State Park

Near here at dawn on May 10, 1865, Union cavalry surrounded and captured fleeing Confederate President Jefferson Davis, effectively ending the Confederacy. In the confusion two Union units fired on each other, killing two of their own.

Jefferson Davis Memorial State Park is a historical marker in Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, erected in 1984. It is one of 8 historical markers documented in Ben Hill County, among 59 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 31.7148, -83.2531 near Fitzgerald. The nearest cataloged historic site is Fitzgerald (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Dedicated to the Veterans of 1898 - 1902, Fitzgerald Rotary Club, and Ben Hill County.

This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.