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Jeff's Race for the Last Ditch!

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Jeff's Race for the Last Ditch!

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Another version of Jefferson Davis's capture by Union cavalry. (See "The Chas-ed "Old Lady" of the Confederacy," no. 1865-11.) The image appears on the cover of a musical piece dedicated to Davis's captor, "Lieut. Col. D. B. [sic] Pritchard, 5th Mich. Cavalry," Davis, in a dress and bonnet and clutching a Bowie knife, flees through the woods with Union troops in close pursuit. One federal soldier has fallen down in his attempt to catch Davis.
Entered . . . 1865 by G.D. Russell & Company.
Franklin N. Carter Lith. Boston.
Published by G.D. Russell & Company 126 Tremont, opp Park St.
Title appears as it is written on the item.
Published in: American political prints, 1766-1876 / Bernard F. Reilly. Boston : G.K. Hall, 1991, entry 1865-14.

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01/01/1865
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Carter, F. N. (Franklin N.), approximately 1827-
G.D. Russell & Company.
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