Jefferson Davis State Historic Site. Fairview, KY
Ground and drone footage of the monument at the Jefferson Davis State Historic Site. September 2017
President Jefferson Davis Monument - Fairview, Kentucky
The one and only president of the CSA was born in a log cabin in what is today Fairview, Kentucky on the site of this monument on June 3, 1808. His family moved to Mississippi during his infancy.
Davis went on to become a West Point graduate, Mexican War hero, Mississippi congressman and senator, and Secretary of War during the Franklin Pierce administration. Davis was a reluctant secessionist but was ignagurated president of the new CSA on February 18, 1861.
In 1907, General Simon Bolivar Buckner, a famous Confederate general from Kentucky, proposed that a monument be built to honor Jefferson Davis at the site of his birthplace. In 1917, construction of the worlds tallest concrete obelisk began.
After a halt during World War I, the obelisk was finally completed in 1924.
Repairs of more than $3mm was spent to repair the elevator, install a backup generator and make the monument handicapped accessible - this was completed in 2004.
At 351 feet tall, it is the largest [unreinforced] concrete obelisk in the world, and the fifth tallest monument in the United States.
The walls are seven feet thick at the base, two feet thick at the top. The monument features an elevator to an observation room which is closed during the Winter.
Kentucky's Other President: Jefferson Davis | President's Day | Kentucky Life | KET
Kentucky's Other President: Jefferson Davis
Both Civil War presidents were born in Kentucky. Jefferson Davis, a soldier and statesman who went on to become the president of the Confederate States of America, was born just eight months earlier than Lincoln, on June 3, 1808, and only 100 miles away, in Fairview, here in Christian County. Historians James Klotter and James Ramage offer their views on the similarities and differences between Lincoln and Davis.
Like Lincoln's family, Davis's family left Kentucky during his youth. Davis's family moved first to Louisiana and then to Mississippi. Davis had years of formal schooling Lincoln never had. He returned to Kentucky for portions of his schooling. He was educated at a Catholic school in Springfield—where he was the only Protestant student—and at Transylvania University in Lexington, a training ground for many prominent politicians of the day.
Lincoln married a Kentucky native, Mary Todd of Lexington. Davis's first wife, Sarah, had Kentucky ties: She was Zachary Taylor's daughter. It was an ill-fated union. Taylor opposed the marriage; and Sarah died three months after the wedding of malaria, in 1835. It would be a decade before Davis married again.
In Illinois, Lincoln was defeated by Stephen Douglas in his run for the U.S. Senate. In Mississippi, Davis was twice elected U.S. senator: He was appointed to a vacant seat in 1847, then won election and held the seat until 1851. He returned to the Senate a second time, in 1857, resigning in 1861 when Mississippi seceded from the Union.
Later in his life, Davis always identified himself as a Kentuckian. He is remembered here with a 351-foot-tall concrete obelisk located at the Jefferson Davis State Historic Site in Fairview. Dedicated in 1924, it's the fifth tallest monument in America.
Jefferson Davis Presidential Monument
The Jefferson Davis memorial and Museum in Fairview, Kentucky. The birthplace of the only president of the Confederacy come take a look as we explore this treasure in a small southern town.
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Jefferson Davis Monument State Historic Site in Kentucky - a tour of the grounds.
The Jefferson Davis Monument State Historic Site is a Kentucky state park commemorating the birthplace of Jefferson Davis. Jefferson Davis was the only president of the Confederate States of America. The memorial is located in in Fairview, Kentucky, very near Pembroke. The site's focal point is a 107 metre (351 feet ) concrete obelisk that was built in 1973.
The monument is the tallest unreinforced concrete structure in the world. No steel was used to reinforce the concrete walls below its pyramidal top. As one pour was completed, large chunks of limestone were left projecting up to connect it to the next pour above. It is also the tallest concrete obelisk in the world and, as of this writing, is the fifth tallest monument in the United States
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Fairview, Kentucky
Fairview is just a small town in Kentucky. But within it lies the Jefferson Davis State Historic Park and the Jefferson Davis Monument. Davis, the first and only president of the Confederate States of America, might be very controversial, but the monument is fantastic.
Standing at 351 feet tall, it was constructed between 1917 and 1924. The monument is the tallest unreinforced concrete structure in the world, and the 5th tallest monument in the United States. Yes, you can go to the top of the monument, but it is not always open and sometimes being remodeled or repaired.
Jefferson Davis monument in Fairview Kentucky. Civil war reenactment
Jefferson Davis monument in Fairview Kentucky. Civil war reenactment
A final visit to Jefferson Davis Memorial State Historic Site
Located in Irwinville, Georgia this will be my final visit to the State Historic Capture Site. The Georgia Department of Natural Resources has announced the closure of this historical treasure effective June 14, 2009.
It is only by coincidence that I visited the historic site on June 3, 2009.
It was on this day in 1808, Jefferson Davis was born.
Jefferson Davis Monument
Jefferson Davis Monument
Music: God Save The Keg by Blackmores Night
Fairview Kentucky, Todd County.
May 2010 The Jefferson Davis Monument State Historic Site is a Kentucky State Park preserving the birthplace of Jefferson Davis, the president of the Confederate States of America. It is located in Fairview, Kentucky, in Todd County, 9 miles (14 km) east of Hopkinsville along U.S. Highway 68. The focal point of the site is a 351-foot (107.0 m)[2] tall concrete obelisk.
Jefferson Davis Memorial State Historic Site
A video tour including a narration of the Jefferson Davis capture site in Irwinvile, GA.
The place where the civil war ended.
For four years, Jefferson Davis had led the Confederate States of America as its President. As the Civil War drew to a close, Davis, fled Richmond, Virginia with his cabinet in early April, 1865 and began a trek southward with federal troops in pursuit; while still weighing the merits of forming a government in exile.
Reaching the farming community of Irwinville, GA, on the evening of May 9th, the remaining hopefuls, still assuming that they were a step ahead of their pursuers, set up camp near a creek bed.
Early the next morning the camp was awakened by a pop of gunfire and within minutes was surrounded by members of the First Wisconsin and Fourth Michigan cavalries. A member of the Michigan detail quickly apprehended Davis.
It was on that spring morning, with his arrest, the government of the Confederate States of America ceased to exist.
By the 24th of May, Davis would be indicted for treason against the United States government imprisoned at Fort Monroe in Virginia, until May 1867 when he was released on bail.
Today, a monument marks the spot where Davis was arrested. Visitors can tour the 13-acre historic site that includes a museum built by the WPA in 1939, a quarter mile nature trail, picnic tables and a group shelter. The site staff offers guided tours of the capture site along with special presentations by site volunteers and period re-enactors
Davis would spend his remaining years in Biloxi, Mississippi, Never asking for, nor was he granted, a pardon for his actions. However, in a speech at Mississippi City, Mississippi, he spoke: The past is dead; let it bury its dead, its hopes and its aspirations. Before you lies the future, a future full of golden promise, a future of expanding national glory, before which all the world shall stand amazed.
There is no documentation to believe that Davis or any of his direct descendents ever returned to the site of capture in Irwinville, Georgia.
Videographers note: This is truly where the Civil War Ended. I've never found an article that documents the war, that doesn't include Irwinville, GA. The history is preserved today by the State of Georgia and countless numbers of people. A priceless piece of history is preserved only several miles from Interstate 75 in South-Central Georgia.
Special thanks to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources.
References.
Georgia Department of Natuaral Resources
New Georgia Encyclopedia
Mollus War Papers
Video by Wellsboro, PA railroad executive Brian P. Roslund
Jefferson Davis Memorial State Historic Site
Essentially, the Civil War ended at this quiet spot with the capture of Confederate President Jefferson Davis. It is now maintained by Georgia's Department of Natural Resources as an historic site. It is located in Irwinville, Georgia.
~Jefferson Davis~ President of the CSA
Jefferson Davis Tribute
Jefferson Davis Monument
I was driving through Kentucky and noticed a sign for the Jefferson Davis monument...so I stopped by.
Jefferson Davis - An American Hero
A mockumentary I created for my IB History of the Americas class. We were asked to make a Ken Burns style documentary. I took this, and altered it into a mockumentary that evolved into this.
US Ambassador to Cuba Jefferson Caffery visits Cuban President Carlos Mendieta in...HD Stock Footage
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US Ambassador to Cuba Jefferson Caffery visits Cuban President Carlos Mendieta in Havana, Cuba.
US Ambassador to Cuba Jefferson Caffery makes his first official visit to Cuban President Carlos Mendieta, Havana. Procession of cars escorted by Cuban soldiers on horseback moves along road. Jefferson Caffery exits the car at entrance of a building. Cuban soldiers lined up. Jefferson Caffery being greeted by President Carlos Mendieta. Location: Havana Cuba. Date: March 5, 1934.
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History and the Jefferson Davis Monument
Visiting the Jefferson Davis Monument in western Kentucky and thinking about its history and how it informs how we think about the Civil War and race relations.
Jefferson Davis monument removed
The monument to Jefferson Davis, the former president of the Confederacy was removed just after 5 a.m. while the Eyewitness Morning News was on the air.
Jefferson Davis Grand March
Composed by C.F. Yagle and published by Bromberg & Son in Mobile, AL, at
the outset of the Civil War, this march was dedicated to the Confederate States of America.
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Statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis comes down in New Orleans
Statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis comes down in New Orleans
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Jefferson Davis: Civil War, Facts, Biography, Education, Leadership, Early Life (2001)
Jefferson Finis Davis (June 3, 1807/1808 – December 6, 1889) was an American soldier and politician who was the President of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War (1861–1865). About the book:
He took personal charge of the Confederate war plans but was unable to find a strategy to defeat the more populous and industrialized Union. His diplomatic efforts failed to gain recognition from any foreign country. At home he paid little attention to the collapsing Confederate economy; the government printed more and more paper money to cover the war's expenses, leading to runaway inflation and devaluation of the Confederate dollar.
Davis was born in Kentucky to a moderately prosperous farmer, and grew up on his brother's large cotton plantations in Mississippi and Louisiana. His brother Joseph secured his appointment to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. After he graduated, Jefferson served six years as a lieutenant in the United States Army. He fought in the Mexican–American War (1846–1848), as the colonel of a volunteer regiment. He served as the U.S. Secretary of War from 1853 to 1857 under President Franklin Pierce, and as a Democratic U.S. senator from Mississippi. An operator of a large cotton plantation in Mississippi with over 100 slaves, he was well known for his support of slavery during his time in the Senate. Although Davis argued against secession, he believed that each state was sovereign and had an unquestionable right to secede from the Union.
Davis lost his first wife, Sarah Knox Taylor, to malaria after three months of marriage, and the disease almost killed him as well. He suffered from ill health for much of his life. He had six children with his second, younger wife, Varina Howell Davis, but only two survived him.
Many historians attribute the Confederacy's weaknesses to the leadership of President Davis.[3] His preoccupation with detail, reluctance to delegate responsibility, lack of popular appeal, feuds with powerful state governors, favoritism toward old friends, inability to get along with people who disagreed with him, neglect of civil matters in favor of military ones, and resistance to public opinion all worked against him.[4][5] Historians agree he was a much less effective war leader than his Union counterpart Abraham Lincoln.
After Davis was captured in 1865, he was accused of treason but was not tried and was released after two years. While not disgraced, Davis had been displaced in ex-Confederate affection after the war by his leading general, Robert E. Lee. Davis wrote a memoir entitled The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, which he completed in 1881. By the late 1880s, he began to encourage reconciliation, telling Southerners to be loyal to the Union. Ex-Confederates came to appreciate his role as a Southern patriot and he became a hero of the Lost Cause in the New South.[6]
Some portions of his legacy were created not as memorials, but as contemporary recognition of his service at the time. Fort Davis National Historic Site began as a frontier military post in October 1854, in the mountains of western Texas. It was named after then-United States Secretary of War Jefferson Davis. That fort gave its name to the surrounding Davis Mountains range, and the town of Fort Davis. The surrounding area was designated Jeff Davis County in 1887, with the town of Fort Davis as the county seat.
Numerous memorials to Jefferson Davis were created. The largest is the 351-foot (107 m) concrete obelisk located at the Jefferson Davis State Historic Site in Fairview, Kentucky, marking his birthplace. Construction of the monument began in 1917 and finished in 1924 at a cost of about $200,000.[10]
In 1913, the United Daughters of the Confederacy conceived the Jefferson Davis Memorial Highway, a transcontinental highway to be built through the South.[163][164] Portions of the highway's route in Virginia, Alabama and other states still bear the name of Jefferson Davis.[163]
Davis appeared on several postage stamps issued by the Confederacy, including its first postage stamp (issued in 1861). In 1995, his portrait appeared on a United States postage stamp, part of a series of 20 stamps commemorating the 130th anniversary of end of the Civil War.[165][166] Davis was also celebrated on the 6-cent Stone Mountain Memorial Carving commemorative on September 19, 1970, at Stone Mountain, Georgia. The stamp portrayed Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee and Thomas J. Stonewall Jackson on horseback. It depicts a replica of the actual memorial, carved into the side of Stone Mountain at 400 feet (120 m) above ground level, the largest high relief sculpture in the world.