Record #:

2080

Author(s):

Arthur, Billy

Abstract:

In April, 1865, when he was eight, Paul Barringer defeated the fleeing Jefferson Davis in a chess match when the Confederate president spent the night in Concord. Barringer later earned a medical degree and was a medical pioneer in the New South.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 62 Issue 8, Jan 1995, p13, por

Subject(s):

Barringer, Paul Brandon, 1857-1941; Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889; Chess