April 4, 1865

PITTSYLVANIA, Virginia

Civil War, Jefferson Davis, The Confederate States of America

Located in south central Virginia, not far from the North Carolina border, Danville was the western terminus of the Richmond and Danville Railroad and a major Confederate supply base. Jefferson Davis and his government traveled to Danville as Richmond fell to pursuing Federal Army. The city was the seat of the Confederate government for only eight days, April 3-10, 1865. Danville's quartermaster, Major...