Jefferson Davis’s Gravesite in Richmond

On May 31, 1893, Confederate veterans and other mourners pose behind the grave of Jefferson Davis at Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond. The former president of the Confederate States of America, Davis was reinterred in Richmond, the capital of the Confederacy, four years after he died and was buried in Louisiana. At the request of his widow, Varina Davis, his remains were removed with great ceremony and brought to Richmond. Flowers, crosses, and Confederate flags decorate the gravesite. This photograph was taken by Campbell & Company, a firm located in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia.