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Our company in the Sunday school army petition. Dated between 1861 and 1865. This document from a Sunday school petitions readers to contribute money to provide Union soldiers with religious literature. During the Civil War, Sunday schools and the…

You are respectfully invited to accompany the Peace Makers on an excursion to a quiet retreat on a salt marsh, near the Atlantic. Dated 1863. This satirical invitation to a fictitious political gathering invites Peace Democrats or “Copperheads” to a…

The duellists [sic], or the death of Cilley. Dated about 1838. This poem memorializes the death of United States Congressman Jonathan Cilley from Maine, who died in a duel with another Congressman, William J. Graves from Kentucky.

To John Brown poem. Dated about 1859. This antislavery broadside presents three works: “To John Brown,” a poem in five numbered stanzas denouncing the execution of John Brown; “To Virginia,” an acrostic poem in eight lines; and “The Bible,” three…

Jeffie D. or, the petticoated President, a song. Dated about 1865. This satirical Civil War song, “Jeffie D. or, the petticoated President,” is sung to the melody of “Yankee Doodle.”

The baby waker, its thunder tones shall arouse the freeman card. Dated about 1861. This pro-Confederate trading card depicts an eleven-star Confederate flag waving as a cannon fires. The Confederacy used the eleven-star flag from July 2, 1861, until…

We have planted the standard; Tennessee is in the field trading card. Dated between 1861 and 1865. This pro-Confederate trading card depicts the Confederate flag above the state seal of Tennessee.

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J. D. his marque graphic. Dated between 1861 and 1865. This graphic depicts an illustration of a skull and crossbones. Inscription reads, “J. D. [Jefferson Davis] his marque.”

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Death before dishonor, don’t tread on us card. Dated about 1865. This pro-Confederate trading card for the state of Maryland depicts a serpent intertwined with two Confederate flags. Includes the seal for the state of Maryland.

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We have nailed our colors to the mast. The people rule card. Dated about 1865. This pro-Confederate trading card for the state of Arkansas depicts a young man nailing a Confederate flag to a mast. Includes the motto and seal for the state of…