THE CAPTURE OF JEFF. DAVIS. HIS LAST OFFICIAL ACT "THE ADOPTION OF A NEW REBEL UNIFORM." HE ATTEMPTS TO "CLEAR HIS SKIRTS," BUT FINDS IT "ALL UP IN DIXIE."
New York: Published at 111 Nassau St. N.Y. (up stairs), 1865. Printed above the title: "Don't provoke the President, or he may hurt some of you!" Uncolored Print, 15" x 12", light blank margin dusting. Very Good.
"Cartoon satirizing the unusual circumstances of the capture of the Confederate president, detained by Union cavalry troops on May 10, 1865, while wearing his wife's overcoat and shawl as a disguise. Depicts Union soldiers on horseback riding through marshes and chasing down Davis, who flees on foot. The president wields a dagger and wears a woman's dress and cape as well as a "Blockade Runner" boot. Nearby, Mrs. Davis scolds the soldiers "not to provoke the President." In the background, a horse packing a sack of "Confederate Gold" gallops away ( an allusion to Jefferson's safeguarding of the remaining Confederate treasury)" [LCP].
Weitenkampf 149. Library Company of Philadelphia online #6381.F. Item #40665
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