"Jefferson Davis, former president of the Confederate States of American, died on December 6, 1889 at the New Orleans home of Judge Charles E. Fenner. Later that day his body was removed to the City Hall at Lafayette Square (now Gallier Hall), where it remained in state until December 11. On that date the body was carried by a funeral procession through the streets of New Orleans to Metairie Cemetery. Davis was buried there in the tomb of the Army of Northern Virginia. On May 27, 1893, his remains were transferred to a new casket and placed in state at Confederate Memorial Hall for a day before being removed to the Louisville & Nashville train that carried them to Richmond, Virginia, for reinterment in the Hollywood Cemetery."
Lorrie