Digest>Sep/Oct 2021
Photo Caption:
An 1861 newspaper woodcut engraving of Old Point Comfort Lighthouse by J.E. Shields. At the conclusion of the Civil War, Jefferson Davis, the former President of the Confederacy, was imprisoned here from May of 1865 until May of 1867, when he was released on bail. (Lighthouse Digest archives) Back to the edition of: Sep/Oct 2021
Story:
Freedom's Beacon
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