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Virtue & Yorston, fl. 1865 The War With the South

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08878.0176 Author/Creator: Virtue & Yorston, fl. 1865 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Engraving Date: 1867 Pagination: 1 print : b&w Height: 20.3 cm, Width: 28 cm Order a Copy

One engraving entitled "The War With the South" dated 1867. Depicts Union soldiers clustered around a hill. One solider stands triumphantly atop the hill holding a torn American flag. Above them an angel looks down from the clouds, proffering a branch. A dove with an olive brance, presumably representing peace, flies above the Angel. Caption notes "victory." Engraver and Artist unknown.

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