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Devil with C.S.A. Whiskey

Date: 1860
Description: A smiling devil with wings is holding a large jar of C.S.A. Whiskey marked with a poison symbol, and a Confederate flag sticking out of it. Blue and red in...
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The Man Who Conceived C.S.A.

Date: 1860
Description: Image of a foppish, overdressed man. May be a caricature of Benjamin Disraeli, English statesman. Caption below reads: "The Man who conceived C.S.A." Red i...
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Wigfall on His Promised Descent on Washington

Date: 1860
Description: Illustration of the head of Louis Wigfall, on the body of an Indian with tomahawk in hand. The caption reads: "WIGFALL on his promised descent on Washingto...
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Head Quarters, 2nd Regiment Wisconsin Cavalry. Camp Washburn, Milwaukee.

Date: 1860
Description: A cavalry soldier on a horse appears on left, a military camp is seen in the background. To the right in fancy type: "Head Quarters, 2D REGT. WIS. CAVAL...
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Head Quarters, Second Regiment Wisconsin Cavalry

Date: 1860
Description: A cavalry soldier sits on his horse, with a military camp and flag in the background. The faint image of Abraham Lincoln is from the opposite envelope in t...
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My Only Support

Date: 1860
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...
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Three Children Holding Flags

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Description: Photographic postcard of three young children standing on a porch, each holding an American Flag. They are wearing dresses, stockings and shoes. Two are gi...

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