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Last ditch polka d'accacia,sheet music cover,Jefferson Davis,Fort Monroe,c1865

Title: The last ditch polka d'accacia / drawn & engd. by H.F. Greene, Boston.
Creator(s): Greene, Henry F., b. ca. 1828, artist
Related Names:
Oliver Ditson & Co. , publisher
Date Created/Published: Boston : Published by Oliver Ditson & Co., 277 Washington St., c1865.
Summary: Sheet music cover celebrating Confederate president Jefferson Davis' confinement at Fort Monroe, after his capture by Union troops in May 1865. Davis is portrayed as a rat in a wire cage which in turn is sealed within the walls of the fortress. An eagle perches atop the wall, and a sentry stands guard nearby.
Notes:
Title appears as it is written on the item.
The Library's impression of the work was deposited for copyright on July 29, 1865. DLC
Published in: American political prints, 1766-1876 / Bernard F. Reilly. Boston : G.K. Hall, 1991, entry 1865-20.
Subjects:
Davis, Jefferson,--1808-1889--Capture & imprisonment, 1865.
Political prisoners--Virginia--Fort Monroe--1860-1870.
Lithographs--1860-1870.
Sheet music covers--1860-1870.
Bookmark /90706980/
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