Charlotte center city in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Jefferson Davis

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), June 17, 2021

1. Jefferson Davis Marker

Inscription. Confederate President Davis, moving south after Lee's surrender, spent April 19-26, 1865, lodging in house which stood in this vicinity.

Erected 2016 by North Carolina Office of Archives and History. (Marker Number L-31.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the North Carolina Division of Archives and History series list. A significant historical date for this entry is April 19, 1865.

Location. 35° 13.429′ N, 80° 50.328′ W. Marker is in Charlotte, North Carolina, in Mecklenburg County. It is in Charlotte center city. It is at the intersection of North Caldwell Street and East Trade Street, on the right when traveling north on North Caldwell Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 435 E Trade St, Charlotte NC 28202, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in North Carolina’s Piedmont.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds

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itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: In Memory of George Davis, Attorney General of the Confederate States of America (within shouting distance of this marker); Nearby History (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); Confederate Navy Yard (approx. 0.2 miles away); Dr. Ephraim Brevard Lived Near Here In 1775 (approx. ¼ mile away); Queen Charlotte Walks In Her Garden (approx. ¼ mile away); Charlotte's First Belk Store (approx. 0.3 miles away); Independence Square (approx. 0.3 miles away); Nathanael Greene (approx. 0.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Charlotte.

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1. NC Markers. Excerpt:

In the spring of 1865, as the Confederacy crumbled around them, president Jefferson Davis and his cabinet fled south from Virginia to Georgia, on a three-month journey to escape Union forces, staying for a time in Greensboro and Charlotte. Varina Davis, the wife of Confederate
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), June 17, 2021

2. Jefferson Davis Marker
President Jefferson Davis, left Richmond on March 31, only a few days before General Lee’s defeat at Five Forks and Richmond’s demise. She, her four children, and sister arrived in Charlotte. Arriving on or soon after April 3, the party was given shelter at the Abram Weill (Wiele) house. Burton Harrison, personal secretary to Jefferson Davis, arranged the accommodations. Rumors of a Union assault on Charlotte, however, forced Varina to board the next train out of Charlotte, William Parker’s “treasure train,” the rail convoy that transported the remnants of the Confederate treasury. Varina and her group left on April 13, were taken to Chester, South Carolina, and then to Abbeville, arriving by April 19.

(Submitted on May 4, 2025, by J.T. Lambrou of New Boston, Michigan.)

2. Jefferson Davis. Excerpt:

Jefferson F. Davis (June 3, 1808 – December 6, 1889) was an American politician who served as the only president of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865. He represented Mississippi in the United States Senate and the House of Representatives as a member of the Democratic Party before the American Civil War. He was the United
Photographed by J.T. Lambrou, April 8, 2025

3. Jefferson Davis Marker
The marker is on the southeast corner of Trade and Caldwell Streets.
States Secretary of War from 1853 to 1857.

(Submitted on May 18, 2025, by J.T. Lambrou of New Boston, Michigan.)

Jefferson Davis image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mathew Benjamin Brady, 1859

4. Jefferson Davis

This photo is of Jefferson Davis one year before he became President of the C.S.A.

Credits. This page was last revised on May 18, 2025. It was originally submitted on June 21, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 814 times since then and 45 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on June 21, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. 3. submitted on May 4, 2025, by J.T. Lambrou of New Boston, Michigan. 4. submitted on May 18, 2025, by J.T. Lambrou of New Boston, Michigan.