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After crossing the Catawba at Nation Ford on April 27, 1865, the President of the Confederacy fled south along this road following the fall of Richmond, accompanied by the remaining members of his cabinet and a detachment of cavalry under Gen. John C. Breckinridge.
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Rock Hill, South Carolina · United States
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McCrory's Civil Rights Sit-ins / "Friendship Nine"
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Nation Ford
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Nation Ford Fish Weir
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Jefferson Davis's Flight South, April 26-27, 1865 / Last Confederate Cabinet Meeting, April 27, 1865
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The Revolution in the Backcountry / Sumter's Camp at Clems Branch
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The James Williamson Plantation and Log House
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