The Prison Life of Jefferson Davis is John Craven s intimate first person account of Jefferson Davis prison life after the end of the Civil War. Captured by federal troops in May of 1865, Davis was accused of treason and other high crimes, taken to Fort Monroe, Virginia and placed in solitary confinement. Craven, a northerner served as Davis s personal physician for seven months during his incarceration. He describes the proud and noble Southerner and first President of the Confederate States of America during a time that few others could."