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Description: | Civil War commemorative roster of Company G, 14th Wisconsin Infantry, surrounded by illustrated scenes. |
Date: | 1860 |
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Description: | A woman is washing clothes in a washtub. The caption below reads "My only support—both boys gone to the war. I wonder if they would take me?" Red ink on be... |
Date: | 1861 |
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Description: | The first national flag of the Confederacy (Stars and Bars) and the slogan: "We are in the field, and the bars are up!" Red and blue ink on cream envelope,... |
Date: | 1860 |
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Description: | Piece of rope with one end tied in the form of a noose, depicting a skull. Caption below reads: "End of Secession." Blue ink, illustration on right side of... |
Date: | 1860 |
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Description: | A rope is tied in a noose inside of a frame. Caption reads: "Good Noose for TRAITORS." Black ink on yellow envelope, illustration is on left side. Mounted ... |
Date: | 1860 |
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Description: | The Confederate flag. Pro-Confederate envelopes were not as common as pro-Union envelopes. Black ink on beige envelope, image covers entire front. Image p... |
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Description: | Letterhead of a cannon firing with an American flag behind it and cannon balls sitting on the ground next to it. Printed text below the illustration reads:... |
Date: | 05 25 1864 |
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Description: | Letterhead of a belt looped in a circle around interlocking letters reading: "USA." Text printed on the belt reads: "United We Stand, Divided We Fall." Ill... |
Date: | 07 18 1861 |
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Description: | Letterhead with a rifle, sword, horn, and Revolutionary War-era hat surrounding a scroll reading: "1776." Text below the illustration reads: "The Old Conti... |
Date: | 1860 |
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Description: | African American man, left, map depicting Maryland, Virginia, Delaware and the border of Pennsylvania, right. Key of "DIRECTIONS" in upper right corner. At... |
Date: | 1861 |
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Description: | An illustration of the Devil holding a pitchfork. The words: "THE DEVIL" are on his chest. Caption below reads: "THE FIRST SECESSIONIST." Black ink on beig... |
Date: | 1860 |
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Description: | Portrait of Michael Corcoran. Caption below reads, "SONS OF ERIN!-Let the watchword be CORCORAN! RESCUED IF LIVING, AVENGED IF DEAD!" Black ink on beige en... |
Date: | 1860 |
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Description: | Two hands shaking with the Constitution, Union flag, battle ax and stars in the background. Caption below reads, "Our Union Forever." Red and blue ink on b... |
Date: | 1860 |
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Description: | The Confederate flag, upside down. Caption below reads, "A flag-itious article out of place." Blue and red ink on cream envelope, image in upper left corne... |
Date: | 1860 |
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Description: | A figure has two faces. Facing left a smiling (Union) face is saying "How about Washington?" Facing right a grumpy (Confederate) face is saying "Let me alo... |
Date: | 1860 |
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Description: | A woman wearing a red shirt and a blue blouse with seven white stars, presumably Virginia, is shooting herself with a cannon that is marked "SECESSION." Ca... |
Date: | 03 28 1862 |
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Description: | Letterhead with a bald eagle carrying the American flag with its talons. The text above the eagle reads: "Union & Liberty." 4 page, folded, printed in red ... |
Date: | 11 18 1861 |
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Description: | Letterhead with the 35 star American flag. Printed text below the flag reads: "These Colors never run." 4 page, folded, illustration printed in upper left... |
Date: | 1860 |
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Description: | Confederate flag with the words: "The Pirate Flag" and 8 stars in the blue section, and "Jeff. Davis" and "A.H. Stephens" on the red bars. Cream envelope w... |
Date: | 1860 |
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Description: | View of Washington, D.C. with gallows in foreground. Ten empty nooses are hanging from the gallows. Capitol buildings are in the background with a Union fl... |
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