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John G. Nicolay, A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln, condensed from Nicolay and Hayes' Abraham Lincoln: A History, Chapter 36. (search)
ven this hope failed them. Their escort melted away; members of the cabinet dropped off on various pretexts, and Mr. Davis, abandoning the attempt to reach the Mississippi River, turned again toward the east in an effort to gain the Florida coast and escape by means of a sailing vessel to Texas. The two expeditions sent in pursuit of him by General Wilson did not allow this consummation, which the government at Washington might possibly have viewed with equanimity. His camp near Irwinville, Georgia, was surrounded by Lieutenant-Colonel Pritchard's command at dawn on May 10, and he was captured as he was about to mount horse with a few companions and ride for the coast, leaving his family to follow more slowly. The tradition that he was captured in disguise, having donned female dress in a last desperate attempt to escape, has only this foundation, that Mrs. Davis threw a cloak over her husband's shoulders, and a shawl over his head, on the approach of the Federal soldiers. He
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 9: Poetry and Eloquence. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), Chapter 13: brotherhood. (search)
s own journey. Only ten members of his cavalry escort were retained. In the early light of May 10th Lieut.-Col. B. D. Pritchard and troopers of the Fourth Michigan Cavalry came upon the encampment by the roadside in dense pine woods near Irwinville, Georgia, and captured the whole party. Jefferson Davis a prisoner: passing through macon, Georgia, in an ambulance Jefferson Davis in the riding dress he wore when captured it was a grand intuitive truth, inscribed in blazing letters upon itutions should have to give way alike before it. But here let me do this great man the justice which, amid the excitement of the struggle between the sections Horace Greeley and Jefferson Davis. Jefferson Davis was captured near Irwinville, Georgia, on May 10, 1865, by a detachment of the Fourth Michigan Cavalry. On the way to Macon the party learned that a reward of $100,000 had been offered for the apprehension of Davis as one of the alleged accomplices of the assassination of Abr
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 29. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Memoir of Jane Claudia Johnson. (search)
a. （104 War of the Rebellion, 683 ) This reward was subsequently increased to $25,000. A very moderate sum for so gallant a gentleman. General Wilson also wrote General Steedman: Everything is on the lookout for J. D. His cavalry is dissolved, and he is a fugitive, but in what direction is not known. (104 War of the Rebellion, p. 666.) On the 11th of May, 1865, Lieut.-Colonel B. D. Pritchard, commanding the Fourth Michigan Cavalry, reported that at daylight on the 10th, at Irwinville, Ga., about seventy-five miles from Macon, he had captured Mr. Davis with his family, his wife's sister and brother, Mr. Reagan, his Postmaster-General, Mr. Burton N. Harrison, his private secretary, Colonel William Preston Johnston, and Colonel Lubbock, of his staff, and Lieutenant Hathaway; together with five wagons and three ambulances. Colonel Pritchard merely announced the fact, and though he had a whole day to hear the gossip of the memorable occasion, he made no reference to the fals
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 29. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The trials and trial of Jefferson Davis. (search)
a. （104 War of the Rebellion, 683 ) This reward was subsequently increased to $25,000. A very moderate sum for so gallant a gentleman. General Wilson also wrote General Steedman: Everything is on the lookout for J. D. His cavalry is dissolved, and he is a fugitive, but in what direction is not known. (104 War of the Rebellion, p. 666.) On the 11th of May, 1865, Lieut.-Colonel B. D. Pritchard, commanding the Fourth Michigan Cavalry, reported that at daylight on the 10th, at Irwinville, Ga., about seventy-five miles from Macon, he had captured Mr. Davis with his family, his wife's sister and brother, Mr. Reagan, his Postmaster-General, Mr. Burton N. Harrison, his private secretary, Colonel William Preston Johnston, and Colonel Lubbock, of his staff, and Lieutenant Hathaway; together with five wagons and three ambulances. Colonel Pritchard merely announced the fact, and though he had a whole day to hear the gossip of the memorable occasion, he made no reference to the fals
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Index (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), I (search)
sive engagement of, VI., 171; monitor efficiency against land batteries, VI., 173; monitor, light-draft type, VI., 177; monitor, endurance of, VI., 179; first Federal in Ossabaw Sound, VI., 241; monitor, use of, in Mobile Bay, VI., 254, 256: VI., 319, 321. Ironsides,, U. S. S., VI., 267. Ironton, Mo., I., 352. Iroquois,, U. S. S.: VI., 48, 188, 190, 191, 193, 204, 293, 314. Irvin, J. E., VIII., 113. Irving, J., VIII., 281. Irwine, C. K., VII., 265. Irwinville, Ga.: III., 316, 346; capture of Jefferson Davis at, IX., 295, 297. Isaac Smith,, U. S. S., VI., 57, 270, 316. Isabella,, U. S. S., VI., 308. Island Ford., Va., III., 326. Island number10, Tenn.: I., 130, 187, 203, 214, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222; abandoned, I., 225; surrender of, I., 236, 360, II., 15; V., 44; VI., 149, 218, 312; capture of, VII., 319. Itasca, U. S. S.: I., 232; VI., 199, 196, 204. Iuka, Miss.: II., 138, 324; X., 156. Iverso