The “Jeff Davis in a woman’s dress” story is one of the most famous — and most distorted — myths from the end of the American Civil War. It began in May 1865, when Confederate President Jefferson Davis was captured by Union cavalry near Irwinville, Georgia, as he tried to flee south after the collapse of the Confederacy. According to Union reports, Davis was allegedly disguised in women’s clothing in an attempt to evade capture. Newspapers — especially in the North — seized on this rumor, publis

Salute! Beautiful Dixie! Nestled in the heart of Washington, Georgia—the county seat of Wilkes County and one of Georgia's oldest communities—the Wilkes County Confederate Monument stands as a special memorial and tribute to the local soldiers who fought in the “Civil” War. Erected in 1908 directly across West Court Street from the historic Wilkes County Courthouse, this beautiful, elegant monument is a tall granite obelisk topped with a lifelike statue of a Confederate infantryman, rifle in han