03432ckm a22005651i 4500 000190722 20230712152138.0 khoboc 010319s1865 nyunnn kneng d (CPomAG) Afr-899 3 ppl PPL dcrmg A distinguished arrival. [graphic] : Negro soldier - "Hi dar! Show dis ole lady a room - one wid a closet to put dis yar skelle in tum in!" New York : J. Chapman, 1865. 1 photograph : albumen on card mount ; mount 10 x 6 cm (3.75 x 2.5 in.) (carte de visite format) Title from item. Date from copyright statement: Ent'd according to act of Congress, in the year 1865, by J. Chapman in the Clerk's Office of the District Court, for the Southern District of New York. Cartoon satirizing the imprisonment at Fort Monroe, Va. of Confederate president Jefferson Davis, detained by Union cavalry troops on May 10, 1865, while wearing his wife's overcoat and shawl as a disguise. Shows an African American soldier escorting Davis to a cell door at the "Hotel De Monroe." In front of the door a noose hangs. Davis, attired in a bonnet, shawl, and overcoat, holds a money bag labeled "JD. CSA" (an allusion to Davis's confiscation of the remaining Confederate treasury). The soldier holds a bayonet to which a skirt hoop is attached and speaks in the vernacular "Hi dar! Show dis ole lady a room..." In the background, a smiling sun, an African American soldier, and a ship sailing the bay are visible. Davis was imprisoned at Fort Monroe between 1865 and 1867. Purchase 2004. RVCDC Description revised 2021. Access points revised 2021. Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War. Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014. Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 Capture & imprisonment. Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 Caricatures and cartoons. Cross dressing. lctgm African American men Caricatures and cartoons. African American soldiers United States. Finance Confederate States of America. Prisons Virginia Fort Monroe. lctgm Racism in popular culture. Soldiers Union. lctgm Fort Monroe (Va.) 11371 United States History Civil War, 1861-1865. 81762 Albumen prints 1860-1870. gmgpc Cartes de visite 1860-1870. gmgpc Political cartoons 1860-1870. gmgpc SP3 African American History Printer Chapman, J., publisher. Imprint N.Y. New York. 1865. Library Company of Philadelphia PRINT PRINT cdv - misc. - Civil War - Caricatures and cartoons [P.2004.6.2] P.2004.6.2 P-2004-6-2 cdv - unidentified - Cartoons [P.2004.6.2] P.2004.6.2 LCPD cdv - unidentified - Cartoons [P.2004.6.2] (CPomAG)80061378 183591 183591 000190722 CONV 00 20051208 1946 000190722 20060120 1814 000190722 20060201 1537 000190722 MASTER 40 20060315 1130 000190722 ERIKA 40 20060622 1019 000190722 JENNY 40 20060801 1241 000190722 ERIKA 40 20061003 0933 000190722 ERIKA 40 20061003 0936 000190722 20071018 1956 000190722 SARAHW 40 20120120 1103 000190722 ERIKA 40 20131210 0901 000190722 ERIKA 40 20131210 0902 000190722 LINDA 40 20210830 0919 000190722 LINDA 40 20210830 0921 ppl N.Y. New York. 1865. Imprint Chapman, J., publisher.