Confederate President Jefferson Davis captured by Union forces 150 years ago today (May 10 1865)


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(Wednesday, May 10, 1865, dawn) — Union forces led by Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin D. Pritchard captured Confederate President Jefferson Davis today at a military camp in Irwinville, Georgia.