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This park preserves the pine-grove campsite where Jefferson Davis, fleeing the fallen Confederacy, was surrounded and captured by Union cavalry at dawn on May 10, 1865, an encounter so confused that two Michigan soldiers were killed by friendly fire.
Jefferson Davis Memorial State Park is a historical marker in Irwinville, Irwin County, erected in 1957. It is one of 8 historical markers documented in Irwin County, among 68 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 31.6483, -83.3827 near Irwinville. The nearest cataloged historic site is Irwinville Cemetery (cemetery), about 0.4 miles away. Others within a short drive include Oak Grove Cemetery, Jefferson Davis, and Irwinville.
This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
“Jefferson Davis Memorial State Park” names 2 distinct records in Irwin County. This page is the historical marker erected in 1957 in Irwinville. The others:
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