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This Flag Shall Wave Over Sumpter

Date: 1860
Description: Patriotic illustration of a sailor holding the Union flag in his left hand, and a sword in his right hand. His left foot is resting on an anchor. The capti...
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Onward To Victory

Date: 1860
Description: Miss Columbia standing on a globe of the world. She is wearing a stars and stripes dress and has a sword over her right shoulder. She is pointing forward w...
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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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Union with a Patriotic Bow

Date: 1860
Description: The word "UNION" with a bow underneath. The letters of "UNION" are blue with white stars on top and red stripes on the bottom. The first "N" is backwards. ...
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U.S. in Stars and Stripes

Date: 1860
Description: The letters "U.S.," stacked. The tops of the letters are blue with white stars and the bottoms of the letters and the periods are red and white wavy stripe...
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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

Date: 1860
Description: Miss Columbia holds a Union flag in her left hand and a sword, point down, in her right. To the right the text reads, "THE WAR FOR THE UNION." The letters ...
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Love One Another, Eagle with Shield and Banner

Date: 1860
Description: An eagle flies above a shield decorated with the stars and stripes. The eagle grasps a banner in its beak that reads, "LOVE ONE ANOTHER." Red stars with th...
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Union with Star Border

Date: 1860
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...
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What God Has Joined Let No Man Put Asunder

Date: 1860
Description: An American Eagle holding a banner that says "PLURIBUS UNUM" hovers over a globe of the Earth showing the United States. The bottom half of the globe is hi...
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True to the Union

Date: 1860
Description: This envelope has a blue "L" shaped bar tipped clockwise. It is filled with white stars and next to each star is the initial of all of the states, Union an...
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The Confederate Flag

Date: 1860
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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Union Flags and Shield

Date: 1860
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...
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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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Down With the Traitor's Serpent Flag!

Date: 1860
Description: An image of the Union flag with tassels and a liberty cap on the top of the pole. Below is the verse, "Down with the Traitor's Serpent flag! Death to th...
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The Loyal States, Union, Illinois

Date: 1860
Description: Miss Columbia, holding a Union flag with a liberty cap on the pole is leaning on the Illinois state seal, with a Confederate flag under her foot. The text...
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The Loyal States, Union, Wisconsin

Date: 1860
Description: Miss Columbia, holding a Union flag with a liberty cap on the pole is leaning on the Wisconsin state seal, with a Confederate flag under her foot. The tex...
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Star of the West

Date: 1860
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...
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Marquette University Honors MacArthur

Date: 04 27 1951
Description: Bruce Foote sings the National Anthem (note salutes and hands on hearts) at a Marquette University convocation ceremony honoring General Douglas MacArthur....
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Old Abe with New Testament

Date: 1881
Description: Stuffed Old Abe, the Wisconsin Civil War eagle, perched on an American flag with a copy of the New Testament propped in front.

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