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Filter: COLLECTION_NAME of Civil War Illustrated
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Filter: Year of 1800-1899
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | A portrait of Abraham Lincoln above two crossed Union flags. The caption below reads, "The UNION, it must and shall be preserved." The portrait of Lincoln ... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | Union envelope. At the top two flags face each other with a shield in the center on a blue background with white stars. A blue border with white stars fram... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | The letters to the words "DEATH TO TRAITORS" are made up of soldiers, Confederate flags, gallows, a hanged man and guns. A military camp is visible in the ... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Abraham Lincoln in an oval frame filled with white stars. He is surrounded by four Union flags. A liberty cap appears above the portrait. Two r... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | A "crest" of Major General George McClellan, on a background of a blue oval with white stars. An eagle with flags, bayonets, cannons, cannonballs and a dru... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | A hot air balloon labeled "SECESSION" bursts and drops men and soldiers out of the gondola towards the ground below. The gondola has crossbones on it and t... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | A mother, Miss Columbia, sleeps in a four poster bed. She is wearing a liberty cap. The canopy on the bed is made of Union flags. A girl, representing the ... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | A gold star with the federal shield in the center has two Union flags behind it. The verse below reads, There's a Star in the skies that shall never go do... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | A blue border with white stars, each named for the states in the Union and the Confederacy. Inside on the right is the word: "UNION," with the top of the l... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | George Washington on the left holds the American Revolutionary flag with the date "1776" on it, and a Union Zouave soldier on the right holds a Union flag ... |
| Date: | 01 03 1863 |
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| Description: | Letterhead of a bald eagle perched on top of a drum and holding arrows in its talons. There is an olive branch on the ground next to loose cannon balls and... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | An old woman, stooped over and holding a cane, has Union soldiers ("NORTH" on the left) and Confederate soldiers ("SOUTH" on the right) climbing ladders to... |
| 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: | 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... |
| Date: | 05 29 1899 |
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| Description: | Letterhead for O.C. Sveen & Bro., featuring an image of the American flag on the left. Text reads: "Office of O.C. Sveen & Bro., Dealers in General Merchan... |
| 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: | 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: | A white sailor and a Native American man are sitting on the ground near the water, with ships in the distance. The colonist is holding a sextant in his lef... |
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