[Items related to Jefferson Davis's capture][Decimalized .01-.04]

Various [Items related to Jefferson Davis's capture][Decimalized .01-.04]

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Collection of four items dated 1865 related to Jefferson Davis's capture. Davis is depicted wearing his wife's dress at the moment of the arrest. Frequent characters in the depictions are Union soldiers, Capitol Hill, and his wife, Varina Davis. Commentary on the engravings also exemplify the newspaper's sentiments of Davis's capture as the Confederacy's failure.

GLC#
GLC09780
Type
Header Record
Date
1865
Author/Creator
Various
Title
[Items related to Jefferson Davis's capture][Decimalized .01-.04]
Place Written
s.l.
Pagination
4 items
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889
Civil War
Confederate General or Leader
Prisoner
Union Forces

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Collection Item
Photograph

Jeff's Last Dodge

1865

One carte de visite labelled, "Jeff's Last Dodge," dated circa 1865. Image displays Jefferson Davis in a dress, fleeing from his tent in order to evade capture by Union soldiers. Other illustrated character call out to him as "old lady."

GLC09780.01
Collection Item
Photograph

Jeff. Davis' Last Invasion of the North

1865

Tomlinson, G.W., fl. 1865

One carte de visite labelled, "Jeff. Davis' Last Invasion of the North," dated circa 1865. Depicts a scene where Union soldiers have captured Jefferson Davis in a dress. A soldier holds a sign that reads, "6 Miles to Washington." Illustrated in the...

GLC09780.02
Collection Item
Photograph

[Line engraving of Jefferson Davis in a dress with Union soldiers]

1865

Hacker, Francis, fl. 1865

One untitled carte de visite printed by Francis Hacker dated 1865. Depicts Jefferson Davis in a dress and hood carrying a water pail, next to, presumably, his wife in a white tent. Union soldiers inspect their attire.

GLC09780.03
Collection Item
Photograph

Jeff Davis, as Captured

1865

Tomlinson, G.W., fl. 1865

One carte de visite entitled, "Jeff Davis, as Captured," dated circa 1865. Illustration consists of a superimposed image of a dress with a portrait of Jefferson Davis where he holds a dagger. Below this, a caption reads, "Your men had better not...

GLC09780.04