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- GLC#
- GLC03949
- Type
- Images
- Date
- 1865
- Author/Creator
- Currier & Ives
- Title
- Jeff's Last Shift
- Place Written
- New York, New York
- Pagination
- 1 print : b&w Height: 34.7 cm, Width: 45 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Cartoon depicting the capture of Jefferson Davis. Depicts his rumored attempt to escape in women's clothing. Davis had actually thrown his wife's overcoat over his shoulders prior to making an unsuccessful dash to elude the soldiers pursing him. Printed by Currier & Ives in the "Clerks Office of the District Court of the Unite States for the Southern District of NY." Originally folded down the center.
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