Camp Davis

Q-6-29

Camp Davis, a Civil War mustering ground for Confederate troops from Virginia under the command of Col. Jubal A. Early, once occupied this area. At least 130 Southern soldiers died at the camp's own Pratt Hospital and were buried in Lynchburg's Old City Cemetery. The neighborhood's historically African American identity took shape during Reconstruction, when Camp Davis became an important refuge for freed slaves. Before being annexed by the city in 1870, it was the site of Federal military headquarters, the Freedmen's Bureau’s Camp Davis School, headed by Jacob Eschbach Yoder, and a black Methodist Episcopal church.

Department of Historic Resources, 2014

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References/Bibliographic Citation:

Chambers, S. Allen. Lynchburg, An Architectural History. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 1981. Smith, Scott. “Developmental History of 1301-1311 Pierce Street, Lynchburg, Virginia.” Published by History Tech, LLC for the Community Development Office, City of Lynchburg, Virginia, 23 September 2013. White, Jane B. “Pierce Street Renaissance Historic District.” Brochure, published by Discover Lynchburg for Anne Spencer House & Garden, 2012. Diary of Jacob E. Yoder, The Fire of Liberty in Their Hearts, 1866-1870. ed. by Samuel L. Horst. Richmond: Library of Virginia, 1996. Virginia Historical Highway Marker. Jacob E. Yoder (Q-13). Jackson Street, Lynchburg, VA. Diuguid, George “One Hundredth Anniversary of Jackson Street United Methodist Church, Lynchburg, Virginia.” Marketing booklet, 1868. Annexation map, City of Lynchburg.