And when Federal troops tracked Jefferson Davis to an isolated farmhouse, he tried to flee disguised in women’s clothing JUST KIDDING!!
;^)
Well, some in the Yankee press said so (and they weren’t kidding!), but this is disputed.
From History.com:
A certain amount of controversy surrounds his capture, as Davis was wearing his wife’s black shawl when the Union troops cornered him. The Northern press ridiculed him as a coward, 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.