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Jefferson Davis

Confederate president, fled through Charlotte

Confederate president, fled through Charlotte

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  1. 1865

    A North Carolina historical marker records that Jefferson Davis, moving south after Lee's surrender, spent April 19 to April 26, 1865 lodging in a house that stood on East Trade Street in Charlotte while using the nearby Bank of North Carolina branch office as his government's headquarters.

    Charlotte-Mecklenburg Government CenterBank of North CarolinaThomas Jefferson

    Source · checked 2026-08-13

  2. 1865 · 1865-04-19

    Confederate President Jefferson Davis and his fleeing government arrived in Charlotte on April 19, 1865, after a four-day journey by wagon from Greensboro, and set up headquarters at the Bank of North Carolina's Charlotte branch office on Tryon Street.

    Charlotte-Mecklenburg Government CenterBank of North CarolinaThomas JeffersonWilliam Tryon

    Source · checked 2026-08-13

  3. 1865 · 1865-04-19

    Jefferson Davis learned of Abraham Lincoln's assassination while standing at the corner of Tryon and Fourth Streets in Charlotte, as he was about to enter the Lewis F. Bates residence where he was lodging.

    Thomas JeffersonWilliam Tryon

    Source · checked 2026-08-13

  4. 1865 · 1865-04-20

    The Charlotte Mecklenburg Library's Charlotte Mecklenburg Story history timeline states that Confederate President Jefferson Davis met with his complete cabinet for the last time on April 20, 1865, at William Phifer's home on North Tryon Street, even though the government's regular headquarters remained the Bank of North Carolina branch on Tryon Street; the meeting was moved to the Phifer House because of the illness of a cabinet member.

    Charlotte-Mecklenburg Government CenterBank of North CarolinaThomas JeffersonWilliam Tryon

    Source · checked 2026-08-13

  5. 1865 · 1865-04-26

    According to NC Department of Natural and Cultural Resources historical markers, Jefferson Davis met with his complete Confederate cabinet for the last time as a full body on April 26, 1865, at the William Phifer House on North Tryon Street in Charlotte, where the group conceded defeat while Davis planned an escape route toward the Mississippi River and ultimately Mexico; Davis departed Charlotte that same day.

    Thomas JeffersonWilliam Tryon

    Source · checked 2026-08-13