Now George, I don't doubt your sincerity, but perhaps those cloaks were swapped out for the real gown that he was caught in? Afterall, it's not the kind of thing you'd want history to remember about the leader of a major cause. The cartoon I saw clearly showed Davis in a very fashionable form of lady's attire that would've made him the belle of the ball in Richmond, Washington, Paris, London or anywhere else for that matter.

Long as we're discussing presidential foibles, let's trot out the rest of the dirty laundry.

From what I understand, Mrs. Lincoln wrote Mr. Davis back a nice note thanking him but declining. Said something about it not being the appropriate type of garment for a yankee president to be buried in and besides, it looked better on Mr. Davis anyway.