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- The President's Office was located on the second floor of the Custom House on Main Street, a structure which also housed the Cabinet Room and the State and Treasury Departments. The City of Richmond purchased the White House of the Confederacy (Brockenbrough House) for presentation to the Confederate government for use as an executive mansion.
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Sep 28, 2023 · History 1838-1874: Civil War and Reconstruction. First White House of the Confederacy The First White House of the Confederacy, located in Montgomery, was the executive residence of Confederate president Jefferson Davis and his family from February to May 1861, when Montgomery was the capital of the Confederacy.
The Second White House of the Confederacy is a historic house located in the Court End neighborhood of Richmond, Virginia. Built in 1818, it was the main executive residence of the sole President of the Confederate States of America, Jefferson Davis, from August 1861 until April 1865. It currently sits on the campus of Virginia Commonwealth ...
Now a museum, the First White House of the Confederacy was the Montgomery home of Jefferson Davis, first president of the Confederate States of America. Davis and his wife lived in the house from February to May 1861, when the capital of the Confederacy was moved to Richmond, Virginia. Photograph by Justin Dubois.
Jan 12, 2024 · SPLC-sponsored film documents battle over Confederate statue in Kentucky town. January 12, 2024. Esther Schrader. The Western Kentucky city of Murray seems an unlikely place for racial reckoning. It is home to only about 19,000 people – a population that is overwhelmingly white – and a university. In 2012, it successfully campaigned to earn ...
Jul 8, 2011 · A significant historical date for this entry is February 21, 2007. Location. 32° 22.582′ N, 86° 17.995′ W. Marker is in Montgomery, Alabama, in Montgomery County. Marker is at the intersection of Washington Avenue and South Union Street, on the right when traveling west on Washington Avenue.
May 12, 2015 · By the summer of 1861, when the Confederacy had moved from Montgomery to Richmond, the House was rented for the Davises, just as the "First White House" in Montgomery had been.
The Museum’s flagship site is located at Historic Tredegar on the banks of the James River in Richmond. ACWM also provides tours of the historic White House of the Confederacy in Richmond, where Jefferson Davis and his family resided during the American Civil War.
