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Head Quarters 18th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteers, Camp Trowbridge, Milwaukee

Date: 1860
Description: The state seal of Wisconsin appears in the upper left corner. To the right reads: "Head Quarters 18th Reg. Wis. Vol, Camp Trowbridge, Milwaukee" On t...
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Officer-Front Face!-Eyes Right!!! Envelope Design

Date: 1860
Description: A rare "risque" (for the time) design. A row of soldiers look away from their officer at a young lady as she lifts her skirts to step over a puddle, exposi...
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Young America, North and South

Date: 1860
Description: Envelope compares a young man of the North, on the left, to a young man of the South, on the right. The young Northern man is working with an older man on ...
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Loyal to the Union, State of Wisconsin

Date: 1860
Description: Miss Columbia stands on the left, she holds the Wisconsin state seal in her left hand and a Union flag in her right. A liberty cap on a pole leans on the s...
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Martha Washington

Date: 1860
Description: A portrait of Martha Washington appears inside an oval frame, the American flag wraps around the frame on the left side. Over her head in white it reads, "...
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Boys Playing Scott and Beauregard

Date: 1860
Description: An aunt, Mary, finds two boys, Johnny and Joe, fighting. One boy is an obvious loser. The text below reads: "Mary. Why, Johnny, what have you been doing?...
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John Bull in His Perilous Feat of Horsemanship

Date: 1860
Description: John Bull is carrying a bale of cotton on his shoulders. He is standing with one foot on each of two galloping horses. One horse labeled "UNION" has a Unio...
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The Peoples Candidate for President, Abraham Lincoln

Date: 1860
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...
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McClellan, the Napoleon of America

Date: 1860
Description: Union General George McClellan seated on a rearing horse. His saber is drawn and held over his head. A military camp appears in the background. Black ink o...
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Blood Money: Or How Southern Rebels Encourage Piracy

Date: 1860
Description: Two pirates, one armed with two pistols and the other with a rifle, are bringing a shackled soldier labeled "U.S." to Jefferson Davis. Davis is relaxing in...
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Jeff and Beauregard on Their Last Ride

Date: 1860
Description: Jefferson Davis (J.D.) and General Beauregard (Gen. B) are carried by two running devils, the "Imps of Old Nick."
Below is the caption and verse,
"JE...
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You'll Catch It When Mother Wakes Up!

Date: 1860
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 ...
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A Confederated Chicken...

Date: 1860
Description: A chicken with most of its feathers missing is wearing a hat and a sword. Below is the caption, "A Confederated Chicken after the Cock of the Walk, (Uncle ...
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Liberty or Death

Date: 1860
Description: A rattlesnake labeled "SECESSION," with an arrow through its neck, is in front of a federal shield. The shield is protecting the Constitution and the Holy ...
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The Downfall of Secession Treas-on!

Date: 1860
Description: General Winfield Scott is chopping down a tall tree with an ax. Eight frightened men cling to the upper limbs. Caption below reads, "The downfall of Secess...
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The Latest Contraband of War

Date: 1860
Description: A freed slave with a hoe in his left hand and his right hand on his hip. Caption at the top reads, "Massa can't have dis chile, dat's what's de matter." Ca...
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I'm Glad I'm Not In Dixie

Date: 1860
Description: A grinning African American man wears a tattered version of Uncle Sam's costume as he dances and sings.
The caption below reads,
"I'm glad I'm not in...
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The New Quaker Bonnet, 1861.

Date: 1861
Description: A Quaker bonnet made from the Union flag. It is unlikely that any practicing Quaker would have anything to do with a "Union bonnet" because of their belief...
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Come and Take a Horn, Jeff

Date: 1860
Description: A bull, labeled "NORTH," is chasing Jefferson Davis towards a fence and bushes. The bull is saying, "Come and take a Horn, Jeff" and Davis is saying, "You ...
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Jeff the Dictator

Date: 1860
Description: Two images of Jefferson Davis within a rope forming a figure eight. At the top, Davis is standing proudly in a uniform holding a sword. The skull and cross...

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