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Category : South Carolina
Languages : en
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Includes images of Fort Sumter, a Palmetto tree, fighting cats, etc.
Civil War Envelope Collection
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Category : South Carolina
Languages : en
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Includes images of Fort Sumter, a Palmetto tree, fighting cats, etc.
Patriotic Envelopes of the Civil War
Author: Steven R. BoydPublisher: LSU Press
ISBN: 0807137960
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 169
Book Description
During the Civil War, private printers in both the North and South produced a vast array of envelopes featuring iconography designed to promote each side's war effort. Many of these "covers" featured depictions of soldiers, prominent political leaders, Union or Confederate flags, Miss Liberty, Martha Washington, or even runaway slaves -- at least fifteen thousand pro-Union and two hundred fifty pro-Confederate designs appeared between 1861 and 1865. In Patriotic Envelopes of the Civil War, the first book-length analysis of these covers, Steven R. Boyd explores their imagery to understand what motivated soldiers and civilians to support a war far more protracted and destructive than anyone anticipated in 1861. Northern envelopes, Boyd shows, typically document the centrality of the preservation of the Union as the key issue that, if unsuccessful, would lead to the destruction of United States, its Constitution, and its way of life. Confederate covers, by contrast, usually illustrate a competing vision of an independent republic free of the "tyranny" of the United States. Each side's flags and presidents symbolize these two rival viewpoints. Images of presidents Davis and Lincoln, often portrayed as contestants in a boxing match, personalized the contest and served to rally citizens to the cause of southern independence or national preservation. In the course of depicting the events of the period, printers also revealed the impact of the war on females and African Americans. Some envelopes, for example, featured women on the home front engaging in a variety of patriotic tasks that would have been almost unthinkable before the war. African Americans, on the other hand, became far more visible in American popular culture, especially in the North, where Union printers showed them pursuing their own liberation from southern slavery. With more than 180 full-color illustrations, Patriotic Envelopes of the Civil War is a nuanced and fascinating examination of Civil War iconography that moves a previously overlooked source from the periphery of scholarly awareness into the ongoing analysis of America's greatest tragedy.
Collection of Envelopes
Author: United States Civil War: Collection of Envelopes Printed During the Civil War
Author: Patriotics
Author: A Collection of "war" Envelopes Issued During the Civil War
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Category : Confederate States of America
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
A collection of printed envelopes issued during the Civil War, most in support of the Union, mounted onto thick card leaves of a large scrapbook album. Many contain political caricatures, portraits of generals and historical figures, and embelms of the United States government and Union Army. Only 33 of 44 leaves are used.
Collection of Envelopes with Printed Illustrations Relating to the United States Civil War
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Category : Civil war
Languages : en
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Five envelopes with political illustrations relating to the United States Civil War from the 18
Civil War Envelopes Scrap-book
Author: Collection of Civil War Envelopes with Vignettes, Part Colored, Acquired by Major George Hooker Treadwell and Presented to His Son, Louis S. Treadwell
Author: George H. TreadwellPublisher:
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Category : Envelopes (Stationery)
Languages : en
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