Richland County · Marker 40-04

"Chesnut Cottage"

1718 Hampton St., Columbia

Front inscription

Temporary wartime home of Gen. and Mrs. James Chesnut. Here they entertained Jefferson Davis, president, C. S. A., and his staff, October 5, 1864. President Davis addressed the citizens of Columbia from the front steps of this cottage.

County
Richland
Region
Midlands
City or vicinity
Columbia
Year approved
1938
Erected by
Columbia Sesquicentennial Commission of 1936
Coordinates
34.008, -81.0263

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