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to John Langdon

William Whipple, a Continental Congressman, discusses the newly established Continental Navy with fellow Congressman Langdon. Refers to supplying guns to soldiers, and mentions a United States flag with "thirteen stripes red & white for the field, &...

GLC00194

[Request for the delivery of military standards]

Davis signs as Quarter Master General. Possibly based on the order of George Todd, whose name is included. Directed to Sam Gore. Requests "to deliver to Colo Arms or Bearer, 2 Standards for 2 Battalions of Cavalry in the 2 Brigade, 4 Division, in...

GLC01450.718.04

[Barbara Fietchie at the Great Central Fair]

Barbara Frietchie gained fame for telling T. J. "Stonewall" Jackson to harm her rather than the Union flag at the time he entered Frederick, Maryland. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow published the poem in Nov. 1863 and it was printed with the carte to...

GLC02909

[Arkansas handout supporting the Confederacy]

Possibly a secession handout created in Arkansas. Consists of a color print of a man climbing a flagpole displaying a United States flag; the motto "We have nailed our colors to the mast," evoking a nautical term signifying defiance; the state seal...

GLC02967

President Lincoln and McClellan in McClellan's tent

McClellan and Lincoln are seated facing each other at a cluttered table. There is a bed and a table draped with the American flag behind Lincoln, upon which rests his hat. Graphite inscription on verso: "President Lincoln and McClellan in McClellan's...

GLC05111.01.1115