Flight and Capture of Jefferson Davis
After Confederate President Jefferson Davis was captured by Union cavalry near Irwinville, Georgia on May 10, 1865, a rash of popular, satiric prints appeared in the North exploiting unfounded allegations that Davis was apprehended in women’s clothing. Though Davis was imprisoned for two years at Fort Monroe, he was never prosecuted for treason as originally intended. After traveling abroad, he settled in Mississippi, where he wrote The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government (1881).
After Confederate President Jefferson Davis was captured by Union cavalry near Irwinville, Georgia on May 10, 1865, a rash of popular, satiric prints appeared in the North exploiting unfounded allegations that Davis was apprehended in women’s clothing. Though Davis was imprisoned for two years at Fort Monroe, he was never prosecuted for treason as originally intended. After traveling abroad, he settled in Mississippi, where he wrote <em>The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government</em> (1881).