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circa 1863
Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865)
[Wartime excerpt from the Emancipation Proclamation].
Possibly used for dissemination by the United States military.
GLC08217
1863
[Broadside recruiting African Americans for military service]
Color recruitment broadside depicting a Union soldier holding a United States flag with an attached banner declaring "Freedom to the Slave." In the background on one side, African American troops march holding a United States flag bearing the words...
GLC08249
20 December 1783
Revolutionary War poems
to George, Prince of Wales
British hand-colored, printed rebus poem. "On War" depicts a miniature battle scene along with the lines: "How furious is the Battles rage/When foes with fire and swords engage...".
GLC08255.01
British hand-colored, printed rebus poems. "On Peace" shows the Goddess of Peace along with the lines: "While gentle peace alike invites/All ranks to share in her delights...".
GLC08255.02
circa 1960
New Orleans Citizens Council
Don't Buy A Ford Ever Again. From the New Orleans Citizens Council: To All White Citizens.
Racist New Orleans broadside promoting a boycott of Ford Motor Co.'s support of the Civil Rights movement.
GLC08259
September 1862
Frontz, William (fl. 1862)
[Poster for missing Union officer].
Hughsville, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania "Information Wanted" poster for missing Orderly Sargent Richard A. Sanders, Co. F, 106th Pennsylvania Volunteers, wounded during the Antietam campaign at the Battle of Sharpsville.
GLC08271
28 July 1862
Satterlee, George
[Army of the Potomac Volunteer Memento].
Multi-colored sheet music containing Union private Co. A 104th New York Volunteers soldier's letter regarding friendly fire deaths.
GLC08272
circa 1864-1865
Work, Henry Clay
Marching Through Georgia.
Famous anthem celebrating Sherman's 1864 march from Atlanta to Savannah. Publisher unknown.
GLC08276
[Collection of 2 items celebrating Sherman's March to the Sea.]
GLC08277
Sherman, William Tecumseh (1820-1891)
Sherman's March to the Sea.
Anthem celebrating Sherman's 1864 march from Georgia to Savannah, published by E. Nason & Co.
GLC08277.01
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