| Title | : | Petticoat President: Did Jeff Davis Flee in a Dress? |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | |
| ISBN | : | - |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Kindle Edition |
| Number of Pages | : | 61 |
| Publication | : | Published July 25, 2020 |
The arrest and embarrassment of the Confederate President
On May 10, 1865, one mile north of Irwinville, Georgia, Jefferson Davis was arrested by Union troops. But, as The New York Times trumpeted, this was neither a fight to the end nor a dignified
DAVIS He Puts on His Wife’s Petticoats and Tries to Sneak into the Woods
Broadsheet cartoons portrayed Davis in female clothes – a bonnet, a dress and petticoats – and the final months of the Confederacy were dogged by Northern hilarity and Southern denials.
In Petticoat President, Terry Brighton takes the reader back to 1865 to view the arrest through the eyes of Union and Confederate witnesses.
“Adjutant, there goes a man dressed in woman’s clothes!”Private Andrew Bee, 4th Michigan Cavalry
“Davis hastily put on one of his wife’s dresses and started for the woods. Our men at first thought him a woman, but seeing his boots while he was running, they suspected his sex. The rebel president was brought to bay, and yielded to the persuasion of Colt’s revolvers.”Colonel Henry Harden, 1st Wisconsin Cavalry
“There is no impropriety in assuming a disguise to escape capture. But there was no time to have assumed one. The falsehood was conceived to humiliate me, and asserted that I had on a woman’s dress, with hoop-skirts.”Jefferson Davis
Petticoat President reveals what really happened when Union troops stormed the Davis camp near Irwinville
Trigger In a controversial Postscript, the author draws a parallel between the Confederacy of Jefferson Davis and the Democratic Party of today, suggesting that some party leaders persist in the belief that they "own" black voters.
Terry Brighton has been an Anglican priest, chaplain to the SAS [British Special Forces], and museum curator of The Queen’s Royal Lancers. He is the bestselling author of Patton, Montgomery, Rommel. He lives in England with his wife, Linda, and their dog, Belle.
On May 10, 1865, one mile north of Irwinville, Georgia, Jefferson Davis was arrested by Union troops. But, as The New York Times trumpeted, this was neither a fight to the end nor a dignified
DAVIS He Puts on His Wife’s Petticoats and Tries to Sneak into the Woods
Broadsheet cartoons portrayed Davis in female clothes – a bonnet, a dress and petticoats – and the final months of the Confederacy were dogged by Northern hilarity and Southern denials.
In Petticoat President, Terry Brighton takes the reader back to 1865 to view the arrest through the eyes of Union and Confederate witnesses.
“Adjutant, there goes a man dressed in woman’s clothes!”Private Andrew Bee, 4th Michigan Cavalry
“Davis hastily put on one of his wife’s dresses and started for the woods. Our men at first thought him a woman, but seeing his boots while he was running, they suspected his sex. The rebel president was brought to bay, and yielded to the persuasion of Colt’s revolvers.”Colonel Henry Harden, 1st Wisconsin Cavalry
“There is no impropriety in assuming a disguise to escape capture. But there was no time to have assumed one. The falsehood was conceived to humiliate me, and asserted that I had on a woman’s dress, with hoop-skirts.”Jefferson Davis
Petticoat President reveals what really happened when Union troops stormed the Davis camp near Irwinville
Trigger In a controversial Postscript, the author draws a parallel between the Confederacy of Jefferson Davis and the Democratic Party of today, suggesting that some party leaders persist in the belief that they "own" black voters.
Terry Brighton has been an Anglican priest, chaplain to the SAS [British Special Forces], and museum curator of The Queen’s Royal Lancers. He is the bestselling author of Patton, Montgomery, Rommel. He lives in England with his wife, Linda, and their dog, Belle.
