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Contributor McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
Title Our modern infant Hercules [graphic].
Publisher [Philadelphia?]
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1863
Date [ca. 1863]
Physical Description 1 photographic print: albumen; 6 x 7 cm.(2.25 x 2.75 in.)
Description Photographic reproduction of a caricature of Union General Ambrose Burnside. Shows the general as a baby Hercules declaring "Order 38. No nonsense allowed in my department" as he strongholds a clutch of "Copperhead" snakes, i.e. Peace Democrats and a serpent with the face of a man, probably prominent Ohio Peace Democrat, Clement Vallandingham. Order no. 38, which forbade the declaration of sympathy for the enemy, was issued in April 1863 while Burnside was Commander in the Department of Ohio.
Notes Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of humorous caricatures and photographs.
Created postfreeze.
Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Subject Burnside, Ambrose Everett, 1824-1881 -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Vallandigham, Clement L. (Clement Laird), 1820-1871 -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Generals -- Union.
Geographic subject United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Genre Cartes de visite -- 1860-1870.
Albumen prints -- 1860-1870.
Caricatures -- 1860-1870.
Reproductions -- 1860-1870.
Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Location Library Company of Philadephia| Print Department| cdv - miscellaneous - Civil War - Caricatures & cartoons [5780.F.58e]
Accession number 5780.F.58e

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