The ocean vessel conveying former Confederate President Jefferson Davis and other captured members of his government arrives at Fortress Monroe, on the tip of Virginia’s York-James Peninsula.
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The ocean vessel conveying former Confederate President Jefferson Davis and other captured members of his government arrives at Fortress Monroe, on the tip of Virginia’s York-James Peninsula.
Jefferson Davis and what was left of the Confederate government-in-exile is sent under Federal guard to Augusta, Georgia, from which they will be shipped by water to the coast.
Federal cavalry seizes Confederate President Jefferson Davis and members of his party near Irwinville, Georgia.
President Jefferson Davis reunites with his family at Dublin, Georgia, after responding to rumors that they were under attack by desperate Confederate troops. Meanwhile, Federal cavalry tightens its dragnet and prepares to intercept Davis near Irwinville, Georgia.
Jefferson Davis and his small Confederate escort reach the banks of the Oconee River in Georgia, while Federal forces rapidly close in on them.
President Jefferson Davis and his Confederate government-in-exile reach South Carolina on their way to regroup in Texas. But Federal patrols are closing in on them.