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Corner of W. Main and S. Carroll Streets

Date: 1860
Description: View across Capitol Park lawn towards the corner of West Main and South Carroll Streets with businesses and horse-drawn wagons. The building at the corner ...
Drawing

American House

Date: 1860
Description: Engraving of the American House at 1 North Pinckney Street. It burned down in a fire in 1868.
Photograph

Durkee House

Date: 1860
Description: Elevated view of the Durkee House built by Charles Durkee in 1843.
Photograph

Alba House

Date: 1860
Description: View across intersection towards the Alba House, with individuals standing outside its entrance and on the balcony.
Photograph

Buildings Along Levee

Date: 1860
Description: View of buildings along the levee.
Print

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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A Member of the Bungtown, Va., R.G.G.'s

Date: 1860
Description: Confederate soldier wearing a whiskey barrel with a cork helmet. On the barrel is the text: "RGG," "C.S.A. WHISKEY," "J.X.D." Caption below reads: "A membe...
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I Always Win

Date: 1860
Description: An elephant wearing boots is carrying a banner that reads: "I ALWAYS WIN." The banner has a face on the left end and is holding up the elephant's tail with...
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A Confederated Dead Head

Date: 1860
Description: A Skull and Crossbones wearing a jester's cap with bells. J and D are on the earflaps, probably referring to Jefferson Davis as a fool. On the crossbones i...
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Secession Emblems

Date: 1860
Description: A snake, a skull and an ostrich feather in a pile on the ground. The text above reads: "Vanity, Treachery & Death." Caption below reads: "SECESSION EMBLEMS...
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The Northern Elephant

Date: 1860
Description: Marching elephant wearing boots and a blanket carrying a banner. The banner reads: "The Northern Elephant," and has a face on the left side that is holding...
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Jefferson Davis on a Scouting Expedition

Date: 1860
Description: A fox, with J.D. and crossbones on his leg, is wearing a coat and hat with a skull on it, and is stealing away in the night on a road labeled: "TO DIXIE'S ...
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J.D. (his Crest.)

Date: 1860
Description: The "crest" of Jefferson Davis has a horizontal blue field at the top with white stars representing the seceding states. Three vertical fields (red-white-r...
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Major General George B. McClellan, Commanding the Department on the Potomac

Date: 1860
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...
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Abraham Lincoln as a Pharmacist

Date: 1860
Description: Lincoln is portrayed as a pharmacist with the names of the Union generals on some of the products that surround him in an apothecary. Some examples: "Scott...
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Union Cannon Firing at Disunion House

Date: 1860
Description: The cannon "UNION," is supported on the gun carriage with the names of Cameron, Lincoln, Scott and Seward on it, and the cannon is firing on the house "DIS...
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The Rebel States, Texas

Date: 1860
Description: The devil holds the Texas state seal and a Confederate flag. "THE REBEL STATES" and "TEXAS" appear within the illustration. Blue ink on beige envelope, ima...
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The Union Must and Shall Be Preserved

Date: 1860
Description: Miss Columbia is standing on the body of a fallen soldier. She has a sword in her right hand and is holding the Union flag in her left hand. The words: "TH...
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The Loyal States, Union, California

Date: 1860
Description: Miss Columbia, holding a Union flag with a liberty cap on the pole is leaning on the California state seal, with a Confederate flag under her foot. The tex...
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The War for the Union, New York City

Date: 1860
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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