Bloody Times is a historical nonfiction account about the manhunt for Jefferson Davis and the funeral procession of Abraham Lincoln. It is about the long funeral train that carried the 16th President home to Illinois. It is also about the manhunt for Jefferson Davis. Jefferson Davis was the first and last president of the Confederate States of America. He decided to flee to the deep south to evade capture from the federal troops that were searching for him. The Funeral trains route was covered in black crepe at each stop, to mourn the fallen President of the United States of America. Each major city hosted a great arrival for the fallen president.