A Thomas Nast cartoon of Jefferson Davis. Many Northern cartoonists claim that at the time of his capture, Jefferson Davis was wearing women's clothes. Jefferson claimed he had mistaken his wife's overcoat for his own, and she had thrown her shawl over his head and shoulders for protection from the rain.

"Jeff Davis, On His Own Platform, or the last 'act of secession.'" 1861 or 1862, possibly Currier and Ives.

A graphic portrayal of the Northern attitudes to the Southern leaders shortly after their secession from the Union. Jefferson Davis is shown, draped in a Confederate flag and wearing a skull & crossbones on his chest, about to be hanged from a gallows, the trap door of which is labeled "Secession Trap." The unsympathetic spectators comment, "So perish all traitors to the Union!" and "Amen!" while other Southern leaders, including Robert Toombs, P.G.T. Beauregard, Alexander Stephens, and Francis W. Pickens await their turn with nooses around their necks. Though unattributed, this print was likely issued by Currier & Ives and it well represents the hard attitude held by most in the North at the beginning of the Civil War.

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