Browse Items (13 total)

  • Subject is exactly "Patriotic envelopes -- 1860-1870.
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Z-O-U-A-V-E! The defenders of our country [graphic]

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Z-O-U-A-V-E! The defenders of our country. Dated between 1861 and 1865. This Civil War envelope depicts three Zouave defenders of the Union.

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We fight for our country [graphic]

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We fight for our country Civil War envelope. Dated between 1861 and 1865. This Civil War envelope depicts the state seal of Massachusetts adorned by the American Eagle, two American Flags, and the phrase, "We Fight for Our Country." Below the seal…

We are in the field, and the bars are up! [graphic]

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We are in the field, and the bars are up! Dated 1861. This pro-Confederate Civil War envelope depicts the eleven star Confederate flag. The eleven star flag was used by the Confederacy as its national flag from July 2, 1861 until November 28, 1861.…

Victoria Rex thinks better of it and won't recognise traitors or harbo(u)r their pirate-eers [graphic]

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Victoria Rex thinks better of it and won't recognise traitors or harbo(u)r their pirate-eers. Dated between 1861 and 1865. This Civil War envelope depicts a dismissive Britain (Victoria Rex) mounted on a lion gazing at the young upstart Confederacy,…

Union soldier with rifle and bayonet [graphic]

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Union soldier with rifle and bayonet. Dated between 1861 and 1865. This pre-labelled Civil War envelope depicts a Union soldier as he leans against his rifle.

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The great naval battle between Ericsson's Monitor, and the Merrimac, March 9th, 1862 [graphic]

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The great naval battle between Ericsson's Monitor, and the Merrimac, March 9th, 1862. Dated between 1862 and 1865. This Civil War era envelope depicts a scene from the great naval battle between the Union’s Monitor and the Confederacy’s Merrimac.…

The first officer killed in the Revolution. Warren. The first officer killed in the present Rebellion. Ellsworth [graphic]

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The first officer killed in the Revolution. Warren. The first officer killed in the present Rebellion. Ellsworth. Dated between 1861 and 1865. This Civil War envelope depicts the first two soldiers killed in America’s Revolutionary War and Civil War,…

Star of the North, or comet of 1861 [graphic]

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Star of the North, or comet of 1861. Dated between 1861 and 1865. This Civil War envelope depicts President Lincoln as a comet streaking across the sky in patriotic hues.

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Soldiers' portable camp writing case [graphic]

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Soldiers' portable camp writing case. Dated between 1861 and 1865. This Civil War envelope and advertisement depicts a Union soldier writing a letter on a soldiers' portable camp writing case.

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Remember Fort Sumter! [graphic]

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Remember Fort Sumter! Dated between 1861 and 1865. This Civil War envelope depicts the bombardment and destruction of Fort Sumter as an untouched American flag waves above the fort.

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