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."
Title from item.
Summary from: Library of Congress Print & Photographs Collection.
Caption on item: Capture of Jeff. Davis, May 10th, 1865, at Irwinsville, GA.
IIIF Manifest