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Patriotic Envelopes of the Civil War : The Iconography of Union and Confederate Covers /

During the Civil War, private printers in both the North and South produced a vast array of envelopes featuring iconography designed to promote each side's war effort. Many of these "covers" featured depictions of soldiers, prominent political leaders, Union or Confederate flags, Miss...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Boyd, Steven R.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 2010.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • "The Constitution-- and Union! Now and forever"
  • Symbols of two nations of states
  • Personifications of their nations : Presidents Lincoln and Davis
  • African American and female representations in the popular culture of Civil War America
  • From "the boys in blue" to a soldier, the Army, and the veteran.