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(MILITARY—CIVIL WAR—PHOTOGRAPHY.) DAVIS, JEFFERSON.
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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, rep-
resenting 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.
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(MILITARY—CIVIL WAR—PHOTOGRAPHY.)
Carte-de-visite of Sergeant
Peter H. Butler.
Typical carte de visite showing Butler posed with his slouch hat in his
hand. The badge of the 25th Corps plainly visible.
Np, circa 1864-1866
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A well-known image of Sgt Butler of the 19th U.S. Colored Troops, Company B. Butler continued
with the service for a time after the Civil War was over, and mustered out in Texas in 1867. See
Broadfoot, page 165.
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