(CIVIL WAR CONFEDERATE) The Last Ditch of the Chivalry or a

Sale 2615 - Lot 70

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(CIVIL WAR--CONFEDERATE.) The Last Ditch of the Chivalry, or a President in Petticoats. Lithograph, 13 1/2 x 18 inches; minor edge wear, light mat toning, 1/2-inch repaired tear. New York: Currier & Ives, 1865

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As Jefferson Davis flees in his wife's cloak with a sack of gold under his arm, he is chased by laughing Union soldiers: "It's no use trying that shift, Jeff, we see your boots!" Davis protests: "Let me alone, you blood thirsty villains. I thought your government more magnanimous than to hunt down women and children!" Peters 1654.