Crowns of Thorns and Glory

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(05-03-2015 09:16 AM)LincolnToddFan Wrote:  

(03-06-2015 05:21 PM)Eva Elisabeth Wrote:  Just thought I'd share this:
http://www.wornthrough.com/2013/01/03/fr...otographs/
(I put it here as it was in this book that I first read about the capture in the dress respectively in Davis' wife's raincoat.)

The reply to the article was fascinating.

Agreed about the reply. I thought that the lore about the Confederate president escaping in female garb had been reduced to just the cloak and shawl. I have started reading Capital Dames by Cokie Roberts (whom I am trying to trap into speaking at the Surratt Society's fall banquet) in order to prepare for my next round with Decapitating the Union - sorry, John, but your book is requiring me to think; and that is sometimes difficult with my advanced age...

Back to Cokie and her Dames, I love the book, and it is rich with quotes from letters, diaries, newspapers, etc. of the period (1848-1868). Varina Davis is covered quite a bit, and I did not realize that she practically grew up in the Blair household due to her great friendship with Elizabeth Blair Lee. I hope that mention is made of her husband's flight and what he wore.

Personally, I have always been amused that Lincoln snuck into Washington in disguise, and Jefferson Davis tried making it out of the country in disguise.