CSA President, Jefferson Davis’ disquise.

Santa Ana dressed himself as a common soldier trying to escape the Texians..... that didn't work out, either.

When Confederate President Jefferson Davis made his retreat from the capital of the Confederate States of America, Richmond Virginia, he did so in drag, Yes, he dressed as a woman in order to avoid detection, but a smart Union Officer took a chance that it was him.

Davis was sent to prison where they deprived him of sleep by changing the guard regularly and stomping their boots.

When he was released he moved to a plantation in Mobile Mississippi where he lived out his life n peace. I don’t know how long he was locked up for.

On would think that after reading The Prince and the Pauper more people would find doppelgangers.

When Confederate President Jefferson Davis made his retreat from the capital of the Confederate States of America, Richmond Virginia, he did so in drag, Yes, he dressed as a woman in order to avoid detection, but a smart Union Officer took a chance that it was him.

Davis was sent to prison where they deprived him of sleep by changing the guard regularly and stomping their boots.

When he was released he moved to a plantation in Mobile Mississippi where he lived out his life n peace. I don’t know how long he was locked up for.

Your story is exaggerated somewhat. In fact, controversy surrounds his capture, as Davis was wearing his wife’s black shawl (not the same as being dressed in drag) when the Union troops cornered him.

The Northern press ridiculed him as a coward (the press has never been trustworthy), alleging that he had disguised himself as a woman in an ill-fated attempt to escape. However, Davis, and especially his wife, Varina, maintained that he was ill and that Varina had lent him her shawl to keep his health up during their difficult journey.

Imprisoned for two years at Fort Monroe, Virginia, Davis was indicted for treason, but was never tried—the federal government feared that Davis would be able prove to a jury that the Southern secession of 1860 to 1861 was legal.
After his imprisonment, he retired to Beauvoir, his home near Biloxi, Mississippi,

Here is an 'in depth' write of of Davis' capture from American Heritage and this account does not have him dressing up as a woman. Was Jefferson Davis Captured In A Dress? (Fal 10,Vol:60 Issue:3) (americanheritage.com)

Your story is exaggerated somewhat. In fact, controversy surrounds his capture, as Davis was wearing his wife’s black shawl (not the same as being dressed in drag) when the Union troops cornered him.

The Northern press ridiculed him as a coward (the press has never been trustworthy), alleging that he had disguised himself as a woman in an ill-fated attempt to escape. However, Davis, and especially his wife, Varina, maintained that he was ill and that Varina had lent him her shawl to keep his health up during their difficult journey.

Imprisoned for two years at Fort Monroe, Virginia, Davis was indicted for treason, but was never tried—the federal government feared that Davis would be able prove to a jury that the Southern secession of 1860 to 1861 was legal.
After his imprisonment, he retired to Beauvoir, his home near Biloxi, Mississippi,

Here is an 'in depth' write of of Davis' capture from American Heritage and this account does not have him dressing up as a woman. Was Jefferson Davis Captured In A Dress? (Fal 10,Vol:60 Issue:3) (americanheritage.com)

I love history about the War Between the States! The narrative most American children were taught is not really how it was. I'm from Mobile, AL. (BTW, could you have been mistaken about the place in Mississippi that President Davis spent the rest of his life? I'm not aware of a Mobile, Ms.)

I didn't know that about Davis disguising himself as a woman to attempt an escape. I do know that kind of thing happened during WW2 and probably many other times. I couldn't conscientiously cross-dress to escape... and looks like it didn't help him anyway.

your absolutely correct on it being Mobile Ala

This 74 year old makes a lot of errors in recollection, your absolutely correct on it being Mobile Ala

It is not treasonous for states to secede from the Union when section or one Party is treacherous over another.

— That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles, and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness… it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.***
oll.libertyfund.org/quote/jefferson-on-the-right-to-change-one-s-governmen…

It being to hard a task to depose such government of the North the states had to leave, the alternative, remain financial enslaved.

Note: I bet the fighters here hated for me to be absence most the day, they want to keep the fires of discord raging and it cool a bit without me.

if you read the treaty of Paris, ( 1783) , it basically sets up the states as independent with a loose federal gov.

they had every right to leave.

In the cotton states they paid through the nose in tariffs on cotton and in other extreme ways to take revenue. The North dealt very treacherously with the South.

I love history about the War Between the States! The narrative most American children were taught is not really how it was. I'm from Mobile, AL. (BTW, could you have been mistaken about the place in Mississippi that President Davis spent the rest of his life? I'm not aware of a Mobile, Ms.)

I didn't know that about Davis disguising himself as a woman to attempt an escape. I do know that kind of thing happened during WW2 and probably many other times. I couldn't conscientiously cross-dress to escape... and looks like it didn't help him anyway.