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Jeff. Davis! "As women and children."
Content Provider | Library of Congress - Photographs |
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Spatial Coverage | United States |
Description | 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?" |
File Format | JPG / JPEG |
Language | English |
Part of Series | Miscellaneous Items in High Demand Civil War |
Requires | HTML5 supported browser |
Access Restriction | Open |
Subject Domain (in LCSH) | United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865. |
Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Davis, Jefferson,--1808-1889. |
Content Type | Image |
Resource Type | Photograph |