Jefferson Davis and his small Confederate escort reached the banks of the Oconee River in Georgia, while Federal forces rapidly closed in on them.
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Jefferson Davis Stops at Abbeville
Jefferson Davis and his dwindling government-in-exile held what turned out to be their last council of war in their southward flight to avoid Federal capture.
Jefferson Davis Reaches South Carolina
Jefferson Davis and his Confederate government-in-exile reached South Carolina, but Federal patrols were closing in on them.
Grant Visits Sherman in North Carolina
April 24, 1865 – Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant arrived at the headquarters of Major General William T. Sherman to inform him that the peace
The Confederate Government in Exile
April 22, 1865 – President Jefferson Davis held a cabinet meeting in Charlotte and weighed the Confederacy’s rapidly dwindling options. Davis and what was left
Johnston Surrenders to Sherman
April 18, 1865 – Both Joseph E. Johnston and William T. Sherman exceeded their authority by agreeing in principle to a peace between not only