Jeff's last shift. Capture of Jeff. Davis, May 10th, 1865, at Irwinsville, Ga. / J.E.B.

One of the less outlandish variations on the popular theme of Jefferson Davis's capture by Union soldiers. (See "The Chas-ed "Old Lady" of the C.S.A.," no. 1865-11.) In a wooded setting Davis, wearing a bonnet and dress and wielding a Bowie knife, tries unsuccessfully to flee from three armed Union soldiers. One soldier grabs Davis's arm, while the others point their weapons at him. A woman, possibly Davis's wife, raises her hands in alarm. The quotation at bottom, attributed to Mrs. Davis, reads: "The men had better not provoke the President as he might hurt some of 'em."

Signed on stone: J.E.B. (Joseph E. Baker)
"Entered . . . 1865, by J.H. Bufford."
Weitenkampf, p. 149
Published in: American political prints, 1766-1876 / Bernard F. Reilly. Boston : G.K. Hall, 1991, entry 1865-15.
Exhibited: "The Civil War in America" at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 2013-2014.