SC-46-11 Jefferson Daviss Flight


Marker text: JEFFERSON DAVIS'S FLIGHT
Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederacy, spent the night of April 27, 1865, in the home of Dr. James Rufus Bratton, which was located on this site. Davis, in danger of capture and arrest by Federal troops, was attempting to reach some remnant of the Confederate Army in the South or West with which he could find protection and continue the war.
Erected by York County Historical Commission, 1977

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