Benjamin Pritchard captures Jefferson Davis
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Photocopy of an article from the May 10, 1965 Kalamazoo Gazette titled "Century Ago Allegan Man Led Capture of Jeff Davis"
The article recounts how General Benjamin D. Pritchard, of the 4th Michigan Calvary, captured the president of the Southern Confederacy president Jefferson Davis on May 10, 1865, at Irwinville, Georgia.
2022.97.01
Article written on the 100th anniversary of the capture.
Military, wars and veterans
Winthers, Sally
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Wolbrink, Janet (Bogart) 1923-2016Wolbrink, Robert B. Sr. 1923-1996
002 Civil War
Davis, Jefferson F. 1808-1889Pritchard, Benjamin D. 1835-1907
American Civil War 1861-1865
12/30/2022
12/30/2022