|
|
Article: Mississippi builds Davis library and museum.(Saturday)(The Civil War)
- Article from:
- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- February 22, 1997
- Author:
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1997 News World Communications, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
With its enigmatic leader in chains after his capture in Georgia on May 10, 1865, the Confederate States of America, which had been slowly dying since Gettysburg, was dead. However, most historians will agree that a "burial" never occurred, because the spirit of the Confederacy lives on throughout the South. This is notably the case in Virginia, where Jefferson Davis is buried in Richmond's Hollywood Cemetery, in the state where 60 percent of the war's battles were fought.
Davis would remain a prisoner for two years, never standing trial for treason or for taking up arms against the U.S. government because there were many powerful figures who feared that ...