Macon, GA

Place Unit Type
City or Town
Containing Unit
Bibb County, GA
Date Type
Fleeing Confederate President Jefferson Davis arrives with his cabinet and family in Washington, Georgia Lawmaking/Litigating
In Georgia, fire burns a well-known Macon hotel Crime/Disasters
- Stephen Douglas ends his presidential campaign with speeches in Georgia and Alabama Campaigns/Elections
The Adelphean Society, the first secret society for women of which we know, founded in Macon, Georgia Cultural
Union cavalry capture the fleeing Confederate President Jefferson Davis and his family south of Macon, Georgia Lawmaking/Litigating
Birthplace of
Burial Place of
Name Type
Rose Hill Cemetery, Macon, GA Location or Site
Date Title
Charleston (SC) Mercury, “A Runaway Slave from Georgia Captured,” January 3, 1859
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “The Mobbing Business,” July 28, 1860
Savannah (GA) News, “A Northern Invasion,” March 20, 1861
Entry by Samuel Elliot, May 22, 1864
Charles Jones Jenkins to Andrew Johnson, Milledgeville, Georgia, February 15, 1866
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