Mural depicting Alabama history by Roderick McKenzie. State Capitol, M...
The first Capitol building was built in 1847, and was destroyed by fire in 1849. The current State Capitol was built on the previous Capitol's foundations, and was completed in 1851. The building has grown over... More
Mural depicting Alabama history by Roderick McKenzie. State Capitol, M...
The first Capitol building was built in 1847, and was destroyed by fire in 1849. The current State Capitol was built on the previous Capitol's foundations, and was completed in 1851. The building has grown over... More
Mural depicting Alabama history by Roderick McKenzie. State Capitol, M...
The first Capitol building was built in 1847, and was destroyed by fire in 1849. The current State Capitol was built on the previous Capitol'sfoundations, and was completed in 1851. The building has grown over ... More
Mural depicting Alabama history by Roderick McKenzie. State Capitol, M...
The first Capitol building was built in 1847, and was destroyed by fire in 1849. The current State Capitol was built on the previous Capitol'sfoundations, and was completed in 1851. The building has grown over ... More
Mural depicting Alabama history by Roderick McKenzie. State Capitol, M...
The first Capitol building was built in 1847, and was destroyed by fire in 1849. The current State Capitol was built on the previous Capitol's foundations, and was completed in 1851. The building has grown over... More
Mural depicting Alabama history by Roderick McKenzie. State Capitol, M...
The first Capitol building was built in 1847, and was destroyed by fire in 1849. The current State Capitol was built on the previous Capitol's foundations, and was completed in 1851. The building has grown over... More
Mural depicting Alabama history by Roderick McKenzie. State Capitol, M...
The first Capitol building was built in 1847, and was destroyed by fire in 1849. The current State Capitol was built on the previous Capitol's foundations, and was completed in 1851. The building has grown over... More
Maj. General Jefferson C. Davis, American Civil War Photograph, Glass ...
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Maj. General Jefferson C. Davis, American Civil War Photograph, Glass ...
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Maj. General Jefferson C. Davis, American Civil War Photograph, Glass ...
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Maj. General Jefferson C. Davis, American Civil War Photograph, Glass ...
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Maj. General Jefferson C. Davis, American Civil War Photograph, Glass ...
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Maj. General Jefferson C. Davis, American Civil War Photograph, Glass ...
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Maj. General Jefferson C. Davis, American Civil War Photograph, Glass ...
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Maj. General Jefferson C. Davis, American Civil War Photograph, Glass ...
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Maj. General Jefferson C. Davis, American Civil War Photograph, Glass ...
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Maj. General Jefferson C. Davis, American Civil War Photograph, Glass ...
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Maj. General Jefferson C. Davis, American Civil War Photograph, Glass ...
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Maj. General Jefferson C. Davis, American Civil War Photograph, Glass ...
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Maj. General Jefferson C. Davis, American Civil War Photograph, Glass ...
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Maj. General Jefferson C. Davis, American Civil War Photograph, Glass ...
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Maj. General Jefferson C. Davis, American Civil War Photograph, Glass ...
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Maj. General Jefferson C. Davis, American Civil War Photograph, Glass ...
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Maj. General Jefferson C. Davis, American Civil War Photograph, Glass ...
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Maj. General Jefferson C. Davis, American Civil War Photograph, Glass ...
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Maj. General Jefferson C. Davis, American Civil War Photograph, Glass ...
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Maj. General Jefferson C. Davis, American Civil War Photograph, Glass ...
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Maj. General Jefferson C. Davis, American Civil War Photograph, Glass ...
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General Jefferson Davis, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative...
Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative, in pencil, on emulsion: 2021. Corresponding print is in LOT 4192. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congre... More
Maj. General Jefferson C. Davis, American Civil War Photograph, Glass ...
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Maj. General Jefferson C. Davis, American Civil War Photograph, Glass ...
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Maj. General Jefferson C. Davis, American Civil War Photograph, Glass ...
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Maj. General Jefferson C. Davis, American Civil War Photograph, Glass ...
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Maj. General Jefferson C. Davis, American Civil War Photograph, Glass ...
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Maj. General Jefferson C. Davis, American Civil War Photograph, Glass ...
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Maj. General Jefferson C. Davis, American Civil War Photograph, Glass ...
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The Dis-United States. Or the Southern Confederacy
The Confederate leaders are portrayed as a band of competing opportunists led by South Carolina governor and secessionist Francis Pickens (far left). The artist criticizes the January 1861 secession of five sta... More
Uncle Sam protecting his property against the encroachments of his cou...
Northern fears of European intervention in the Civil War on behalf of the South are manifest here.Uncle Sam, in the form of a bearded Union soldier (closely resembling Abraham Lincoln), unceremoniously routs Jo... More
Jefferson Davis, first president of the new Southern Confederacy / pho...
Jefferson Davis, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right, framed by wreath of corn, tobacco, and flowers.
Don't want it now. We want to be let alone.
Comments on the defense of Washington. A lion with the head of Union General Winfield Scott defends Washington, while a goat with the head of Jefferson Davis declares "Don't want it now, we want to be let alone... More
Why don't you take it? - A drawing of a dog and a man in a hat
A bulldog (Gen. Winfield Scott) wearing a collar inscribed "Old General" guarding kegs of beans, messpork, bags of money, a cannon barrel, and a flag while a greyhound (Jefferson Davis) wearing a collar inscrib... More
The old general ready for a "movement"
Confident Union propaganda from the summer of 1861, claiming dominance over Confederate troops led by generals P. G. T. Beauregard and Gideon Pillow. Union commander Winfield Scott sits on a mound in the cente... More
![[Brigadier General Jefferson Columbus Davis, Union officer, bust portrait, facing front]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDgvYnJpZ2FkaWVyLWdlbmVyYWwtamVmZmVyc29uLWNvbHVtYnVzLWRhdmlzLXVuaW9uLW9mZmljZXItYnVzdC1wb3J0cmFpdC1mYWNpbmctZThiZTEyLTEwMjQuanBn/40/49/webp "[Brigadier General Jefferson Columbus Davis, Union officer, bust portrait, facing front]")
[Brigadier General Jefferson Columbus Davis, Union officer, bust portr...
In: Adolph Metzner photograph album ..., no. 8. Color laser copy reference surrogate, showing front and back of photo, filed with finding aids for LOT 8751 in P&P Reading Room.
Why don't you take it? - A drawing of a dog and a dog wearing a hat
A bull dog and a greyhound representing Winfield Scott and Jefferson Davis respectively. Scott is guarding kegs of corn, flour, bags of money, and a cannon barrel. Davis is guarding bales of cotton. Between the... More
Civil War envelope showing portrait of Jefferson Davis framed by Confe...
Addressed to Miss Eliza Dean, Rockyford, Miss.; postmarked Miss; hand-written paid. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2018; (D074) Purchased from: Patricia A. Kaufman, Lincoln, Delaware, June 2018. pp/liljmem
Governor Magoffin's neutrality means holding the cock of the walk (Unc...
Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 5, no. 235 (1861 June 29), p. 403 (center).
![[Jefferson Davis, three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing left]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDQvamVmZmVyc29uLWRhdmlzLXRocmVlLXF1YXJ0ZXItbGVuZ3RoLXBvcnRyYWl0LXN0YW5kaW5nLWZhY2luZy1sZWZ0LTViNWFjNy0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/50/webp "[Jefferson Davis, three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing left]")
[Jefferson Davis, three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing left...
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That feed wont do. - A political cartoon of a man and a cow
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![Jefferson Davis' house, Hurricane [i.e. Davis] Island, Miss.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMTYvamVmZmVyc29uLWRhdmlzLWhvdXNlLWh1cnJpY2FuZS1pZS1kYXZpcy1pc2xhbmQtbWlzcy0xM2IwY2ItMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/28/webp "Jefferson Davis' house, Hurricane [i.e. Davis] Island, Miss.")
Jefferson Davis' house, Hurricane [i.e. Davis] Island, Miss.
Photograph shows Brierfield, the plantation home of Jefferson Davis on what was known as Davis Bend, now Davis Island, about 20 miles down the Mississippi River from Vicksburg, Mississippi (source website Missi... More
The Hercules of the Union, slaying the great dragon of secession
General Winfield Scott, a hero of the Mexican War and unsuccessful Whig candidate for President in 1852, was in command of the Union forces at the beginning of the Civil War. He resigned late in 1861, father th... More
The way to fix 'em - A cartoon of a man sitting on a chair
Jefferson Davis roasting chestnuts over the fire at Fort Sumter. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
A bad head but a good foot ball "Keep the ball a-rolling.".
Civil war envelope showing soldiers playing field hockey using the head of Jefferson Davis as a ball. In album: Pictorial envelopes of the Civil War period, book 1, page 83, middle.
The political arena - A political cartoon of a group of people
This cartoon was probably published during the opening months of the Civil War. The rats - one for each Confederate state - having nibbled at a cheese marked "Sumter", find that they are hemmed in by a wall of ... More
Jeff Davis reaping the harvest wood engraving, Library of Congress
Jefferson Davis reaping stalks, with small skulls on the top.
![[Civil War envelope showing caricatures of Winfield Scott and Jefferson Davis as dogs and Washington, D.C., as a cut of meat, with message "Why don't you take it?"]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTgvY2l2aWwtd2FyLWVudmVsb3BlLXNob3dpbmctY2FyaWNhdHVyZXMtb2Ytd2luZmllbGQtc2NvdHQtYW5kLWplZmZlcnNvbi1kYXZpcy01ZmVkNmMtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/22/webp "[Civil War envelope showing caricatures of Winfield Scott and Jefferson Davis as dogs and Washington, D.C., as a cut of meat, with message \"Why don't you take it?\"]")
[Civil War envelope showing caricatures of Winfield Scott and Jefferso...
Addressed to Mr. David F. Gorham, Mount Kisco, N.Y.; bears 3 cent stamp. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). pp/liljmem
Ye conference. "Not any we thank you Mr. Davis"
Jefferson Davis's diplomatic overtures to France and Great Britain fail in an imaginary scene at court. Davis (right) bows before French ruler Napoleon III, extending toward him a tray of "bonds." Davis holds a... More
Re-Union on the Secesh-Democratic Plan
A cynical view of Democratic efforts to pursue a negotiated end to the secession of the Confederate states. Here President of the Confederacy Jefferson Davis confronts Brother Jonathan, who stumbles under the e... More
Fort Pulaski, Georgia. View of guns: JEFFERSON DAVIS, BEAUREGARD and S...
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Fort Pulaski, Georgia. View of guns: JEFFERSON DAVIS, BEAUREGARD and S...
Photographer name from negative sleeve: T.H. O'Sullivan. Caption from negative sleeve: View of guns, Jeff Davis, Beauregard and Stephens, Fort Pulaski, Ga., April 1862. Corresponding print is in LOT 4166-G. Cre... More
Jeff Davis's last appeal to arms
Jefferson Davis making address to soldiers missing arms and legs. Illustration from: Harper's Weekly, 1863.
The food question down south, Confederate States of America
Editorial cartoon shows Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederate states, offering a new pair of boots to General Beauregard who, though barefoot, would rather have food for his troops.
The true issue or "thats whats the matter"
A political cartoon issued shortly after the Democratic Party's nomination of George Brinton McClellan as their Presidential nominee in the election of 1864. The cartoon depicts McClellan as the peace candidate... More
The old bull dog on the right track
An election year cartoon measuring Democratic candidate McClellan's military failures against the recent successes of his successor, Ulysses S. Grant. At right Grant, portrayed as a bulldog wearing a collar lab... More
Very probable / TJ.. Book illustration from Library of Congress
Cartoon showing Lord Punch saying, "That was Jeff Davis, Pam! Don't you recognise him?" and Lord Pam replying "Hm! Well, not exactly--may have to do so some of these days." Sign reads "America, another federal ... More
Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: F...
Requests return of papers
The true issue or "that's whats the matter."
Election of 1861. The Democratic candidate George B. McClellan is shown trying to prevent Abraham Lincoln, the Republican incumbent and Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy from tearing a map of the Un... More
The capture of Jeff Davis - A drawing of a man riding a horse next to ...
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Jeff's last shift - A drawing of a group of people standing in a fores...
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 weapon... More
"I thought your government was more magnanimous than to hunt down wome...
Photograph is reproduction of a drawing showing Jefferson Davis dressed as a fleeing woman with a dagger. Entered according to Act of Congress, by C. H. Anderson, in the year 1865 in the Clerk's Office of the ... More
Washington, District of Columbia. General Jefferson C. Davis and staff
Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Gen. Jefferson Davis and staff. May 1865. Corresponding print is in LOT 4186-D. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congre... More
![[Washington, District of Columbia]. General Jefferson C. Davis and staff](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjUvMDEvMDEvd2FzaGluZ3Rvbi1kaXN0cmljdC1vZi1jb2x1bWJpYS1nZW4tamVmZmVyc29uLWMtZGF2aXMtYW5kLXN0YWZmLTEwMjQuanBn/40/32/webp "[Washington, District of Columbia]. General Jefferson C. Davis and staff")
[Washington, District of Columbia]. General Jefferson C. Davis and sta...
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The last ditch of the chivalry, or a president in petticoats
The capture of Jefferson Davis. Courtesy of Boston Public Library Public domain reproduction of political cartoon, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
![[Grand Review of the Armies, Washington, D.C.; Jefferson Davis' cell at Fort Monroe; portrait of David E. Herold, accomplice of John Wilkes Booth]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMDUvZ3JhbmQtcmV2aWV3LW9mLXRoZS1hcm1pZXMtd2FzaGluZ3Rvbi1kYy1qZWZmZXJzb24tZGF2aXMtY2VsbC1hdC1mb3J0LW1vbnJvZS1jYmEwMTMtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/56/webp "[Grand Review of the Armies, Washington, D.C.; Jefferson Davis' cell at Fort Monroe; portrait of David E. Herold, accomplice of John Wilkes Booth]")
[Grand Review of the Armies, Washington, D.C.; Jefferson Davis' cell a...
Full page includes four illustrations and an article describing Herold's role in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 9, no. 441 (1865 June 10), p. 365. Herold's name erroneousl... More
Freedom's immortal triumph! Finale of the Jeff Davis Die-nasty." Las...
A vindictive Northern fantasy on the aftermath of the Civil War. Confederate president Jefferson Davis, dressed in a hoopskirt or crinoline, hangs from a "Sour Apple Tree" at left, a Bowie knife in one hand and... More
Jeff's last skedaddle, off to the last ditch.
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The Confederacy in petticoats - A cartoon of a man on a bench with a w...
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House occupied by Jefferson Davis, Richmond, Virginia, April, 1865
No. B60. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites an... More
"Oh, what a fall was there!" - A cartoon of a woman sitting on the gro...
Capture of Jefferson Davis. It was rumored that Davis, President of the Confederate States of America tried to flee dressed in women's clothing. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
"Time works wonders." Iago. (Jeff Davis) "For that I do suspect the lu...
Cartoon showing Jefferson Davis looking over his shoulder at Hiram Revels seated in the United States Senate. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1870 April 9, p. 232.
The great national memorial / C. Inger.
Print showing portraits of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson, Jefferson Davis, and Abraham Lincoln with portraits of their respective cabinet officers, two vignette scenes showing of the landi... More
History repeats itself / Dalrymple., Confederate States of America.
Print shows, at center, William Jennings Bryan labeled "16 to 1", standing on a platform "Built by Popo. Platform Silver Syndicate", holding up a paper that states "'We Denounce Arbitrary Interference by Federa... More
History repeats itself / Dalrymple ; J. Ottman Lith. Co., N.Y.
Cartoon showing on the left, William J. Bryan holding paper, "We denounce arbitrary interference by federal authorities, in local affairs, as a violation of the Constitution, etc." as he faces Tillman, Altgeld,... More
Mural depicting Alabama history by Roderick McKenzie. State Capitol, M...
The first Capitol building was built in 1847, and was destroyed by fire in 1849. The current State Capitol was built on the previous Capitol's foundations, and was completed in 1851. The building has grown over... More
Portrait of Maj. General Jefferson Davis, officer of the Federal Army
Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1977. No. 0902 Title from Milhollen and Mugridge. Corresponding print is in LOT ... More
So Jeff Davis is acoming - American Civil War sheet music
Music associated with the Union side
Jefferson Davis grand march - American Civil War sheet music
Music associated with the Confederate side
Richmond, Virginia Residence of Jefferson Davis (1201 East Clay Street...
Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, fallen Richmond, April-June 1865. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Library of Congres... More
Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: J...
Capture of the Savannah
Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: C...
Alleged sighting of Mrs. Jefferson Davis in Pennsylvania
Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: J...
Report of two interviews with Jefferson Davis
Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: D...
Sends copy of letter from Jefferson Davis
Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: A...
Recommends response to proclamation issued by Jefferson Davis
Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: A...
Recommends emancipation
How do you like it, Jefferson D?
Music associated with the Union side
Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: F...
Memorandum of Conversation with Jefferson Davis
Richmond, Virginia. Colonel Plauder? Ord at the residence of Jefferson...
Caption from negative sleeve: Maj. Placidus? Ord, A.A.S.U.S.V. at the mansion formerly occupied by Jefferson Davis, Richmond, Va. In the doorway is the table on which the surrender of Gen. Lee was signed. Two p... More
Richmond, Virginia. Residence of Jefferson Davis
Two plates form left (LC-B811-3162A) and right (LC-B811-3162B) halves of a stereograph pair. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General informat... More
Richmond, Virginia. General Edward O.C. Ord, wife and child at the res...
Caption from negative sleeve: Maj. Gen. Edward O.C. Ord wife and child at the mansion formerly occupied by Jefferson Davis, Richmond, Va. In the doorway is the table on which the surrender of Gen. Lee was signe... More
Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: M...
Francis P. Blair Sr.'s conference with Jefferson Davis