Mar 31, 2016 - Sale 2408

Sale 2408 - Lot 331

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Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
(MILITARY--CIVIL WAR--PHOTOGRAPHY.) DAVIS, JEFFERSON. A Distinguished Arrival. Negro Soldier: 'Hi dar; show dis ole lady a room. One wit a closet to put dis yar skelleton in.' Carte-de-visite photograph of a cartoon, representing the capture of Jefferson Davis, caught in women's clothes. Np, circa 1864-1865
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Following Lincoln's assassination, Jefferson Davis with a handful of faithful advisors fled Richmond, fearful that he would be killed in retribution. When Union troops were actually upon them, he threw one of his wife's overcoats over his shoulders and made for a local creek, giving rise to the rumor that he was captured in women's clothes.