Yesterday, after battling mountain roads (along N.C., Ga. and S.C. Highway 28) and then big-time traffic and stop lights (Anderson, S.C.), we finally arrived, worn out, but bright-eyed, in Abbeville, S.C.. First thing on the agenda was to find the Burt-Stark Mansion where Davis spent the night and officially dissolved the Confederacy.
We missed it at first, but got directions at the local 7-11 south of town and found that we had driven right by it. Back-tracked and found it easily and stopped in the parking lot.
There was a man working in the yard, so had a nice talk with him about the place. Sadly, there are no plans for a remembrance scheduled for May 2nd or that weekend. I think there should have been at least something. He said that there is always an ongoing feud between Abbeville and Washington, Georgia, as to the place where the end of the Confederacy took place.
A Bad Time for the Confederacy. --Old Secesh
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