Wild Bill Hickock (c. 1860s)
“Wild Bill,” whose real name is James Butler Hickock (1837 – 1876), is another famous figure of the Wild West, a lawman and frontiersman. Despite the Heritage Auction site’s inability to provide proof, this photograph might have been shot in the 1860s. Wild Bill spent his time as a peace officer in Deadwood, South Dakota. Jack McCall attacked Hickock during a poker game in Abilene, when he allegedly lost his brother to Hickock. Jack attended two court sessions before his execution in March 1877.
Wild Bill Hickock 1860s
Confederate President Jefferson Davis (c. 1861)
Jefferson Davis (1808 – 1889), a veteran of the Mexican War and a senator from Mississippi, as well as President Franklin Pierce’s Secretary of War, would become Lincoln’s chief adversary during the US Civil War as the Confederacy’s president. Davis was imprisoned for treason following the opposing side’s loss in 1865, although he would soon be released. Davis was spared having to defend his decision to withdraw his states from the Union, which he would have gladly done. According to the Smithsonian, rather than allowing Davis to explain secession, President Andrew Johnson pardoned all Confederates on December 25, 1868.
Confederate President Jefferson Davis 1861
