Jeff. Davis! As Women And Children., circa 1865
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Image Title: Jeff. Davis! As Women And Children., circa 1865
Date: 1865?
Summary: Cartoon shows Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederate States of America, dressed as a woman and holding a Bowie knife, labeled "Arkansas tooth-pick" in order to avoid capture by Union soldiers after the American Civil War ended. The caption below the image quotes "J. Davis, in his last extremity," saying, "Is not your Government more magnanimous than to hunt down women and children?"
Subjects: Davis, Jefferson,--1808-1889
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Original Media: Engraving
Collections: Civil War
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