Former Confederate President Jefferson Davis outside the courthouse in Richmond, Virginia, following his release on bail, May 13, 1867, artist's impression, detail.

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Scanned by: 

Sarah Goldberg, House Divided Project at Dickinson College

Scan date: 

07/20/2016

Notes: 

Cropped, sized, and prepared for use by John Osborne, Dickinson College, December 8, 2016.

Depicted content: 

• In Richmond, former Confederate president Jefferson Davis appears in federal court under a writ of habeas corpus and is released on bail.

Image type: 

engraving

Courtesy of: 

Archives and Special Collections, Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania

Original caption: 

Jeff Davis leaving the Court House at Richmond - Demonstration of the rebel citizens.

Source citation: 

Harper's Weekly Magazine, June 1, 1867, p. 338.

Source note: 

Cropped and enlarged from the fuller, larger, zoomable image, also available here.