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Jeff. Davis in prison.
Anti-Davis cartoon invoking the travesties at Confederate war prisons to satirize the incarcerated former Confederate president as a pompous, sniveling ingrate. Shows Davis, attired in a suit, and his feet shackled, in his cell, in front of a table containing his modest meal and complaining to the prison doctor. He bemoans his being unaccustomed to such living and that "you must order some more healthy food, or I shall starve to death." The doctor responds it is "good healthy food, such as our soldiers are fed on" and that their recent achievements prove it is "tolerably healthy." In the left, an older African American man cook, portrayed in racist caricature, announces in the vernacular "Massa Jeff! de dinner is ready." Two Union soldiers retort and reply "It's unhealthy is it! You didn't think that a pint of cornmeal was unhealthy when we were at Andersonville." The other angrily remembers "Rotten sowbelly and mouldy hard tacks was considered 'healthy food' when I was in "Libby" and Belle Island., Title from item., Date from copyright statement: Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1865 by Gibson & Co. in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of Ohio., Purchase 2008., RVCDC, Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
1832. Democracy. 1864 [graphic].
Entered ... 1864 by L. Prang & Co. ... Mass., Retrospective conversion record: original entry., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Battle of Booneville Missouri, June 18th 1861 [graphic] : a Sketch of Genl. Price commander of the Rebel Forces taken with a Violent Diarrhea at the beginning of the Battle [graphic] / (See Daily Papers, June 20th).
Not in Reilly., In Weitenkampf, title ends at "Diarrhea.", Retrospective conversion record: original entry., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
The battle of Booneville, or, the great Missouri "Lyon" hunt [graphic] / [Currier & Ives].
Retrospective conversion record: original entry., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
The battle of Bull's Run [graphic].
Pro-Confederate cartoon containing eighteen numbered figures and scenes to satirize the mayhem at the Battle of Bull Run in July 1861. Figures include: (1) Beauregard's (2) Jefferson Davis's and (3) Johnston's Confederate Headquarters; (4) Maryland Elzy's Battiry [sic]; (5) Union General Irvin McDowell; (6) Union General Daniel Tyler; (7) the Bull's Run; (8) New York Fire Zouaves; (9) New York 12th Regiment; (10) Union Sherman's Battiry [sic]; (11) Congressman Alfred Ely; (12) barricade for Members of Congress; (13) civilian spectators Lovejoy & Co. and (14) ladies as sputatiers; (15) Biddle, Brown & Co., members of Congress; (16) Union Blenker's Brigade; (17) Senator Wilson; (18) and the U.S. Dragoon. Depicts in the foreground: the Zouaves driving a bull that holds the American flag in its tail and is labeled, "Expenses for 100 Mill., Bad Business, Property, but no Security" in front of the retreating General Tyler and the New York regiment. The troops flee on the road to Washington past Union soldiers who lay dying and lamenting their foolishness near a "fat left-tenant" stating "God Save the Union" and Senator Wilson. Wilson refuses the pleas of a wounded soldier as he has "a wife and children to care for." In the background, Confederate troops march over a hill and mock the Union's abolitionist stance and lack of ammunition; Sherman's Battiry [sic] loads a cannon; Congressmen seek shelter behind a barricade of "U.S." wagons; civilian spectators Brown & Company flee by carriage as they deny aid to a white man who hollers, "you are more unmerciful then the overseer"; Congressman Ely, captured by the Confederates, offers a monetary bribe in exchange for his "liberty"; and the Union's Blenker's Brigade march into the battle in front of their retreating fellow soldiers General Irvin McDowell and the "U.S. Dragoon" who gallop "Home, Sweet, Home." Contains a key to depicted figures below the image., Title from item., Date inferred from content., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Accessioned 1979., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
The Blockade of the "Connecticut Plan" [graphic] / Respectfully dedicated to the Secretary of the Navy.
Entered ... 1862, by Currier & Ives ... New York., Retrospective conversion record: original entry., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
The capture of an unprotected female, or the close up of the rebellion. [graphic] J. Cameron
Cartoon satirizing the capture of the Confederate president Jefferson Davis by Union cavalry troops on May 10, 1865. Davis,disguised as a woman, is surrounded at gunpoint by jeering soldiers. Davis holds his hands in the air as one soldier pulls up his dress to reveal trousers below. Mrs. Davis, the lone female figure, begs the soldiers to leave her husband alone as they mockingly comment on his legs., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
The capture of Jeff Davis [graphic] : His last official act "the adoption of a new rebel uniform." He attempts to "clear his skirts," but finds it "all up in Dixie" / Giles.
Cartoon satirizing the unusual circumstances of the capture of the Confederate president, detained by Union cavalry troops on May 10, 1865, while wearing his wife's overcoat and shawl as a disguise. Depicts Union soldiers on horseback riding through marshes and chasing down Davis, who flees on foot. The president wields a dagger and wears a woman's dress and cape as well as a "Blockade Runner" boot. Nearby, Mrs. Davis scolds the soldiers "not to provoke the President." In the background, a horse packing a sack of "Confederate Gold" gallops away ( an allusion to Jefferson's safeguarding of the remaining Confederate treasury)., Printed above the title: "Don't provoke the President, or he may hurt some of you!", Name of artist supplied by Weitenkampf., Retrospective conversion record; original entry, edited., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
The Chicago Platform [graphic].
Retrospective conversion record: original entry., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
The Chicago Platform, What Is It, Peace Or War [graphic].
Weitenkampf: Apparently by H.L. Stevens., Not in Reilly., Retrospective conversion record: original entry., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
The Copperhead Millenium [graphic] : "And the Lion and the Lamb shall lie down together," And Sammy Barlow shall lead them.
Not in Weitenkampf., Not in Reilly., Retrospective conversion record: original entry., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
The Declaration of Independence illustrated. [graphic] / Fabronius; Designed by R. Thayer; L. Prang & Co. Lith, Boston.
Cartoon evoking the Declaration of Independence to promote the emancipation from enslavement. Depicts rays of light representing God above a soaring American eagle that clutches olive and oak branches and two American flags labelled "All Men are Created Equal" and "Stand by the Declaration." Suspended from the flags is a large basket in which an African American man and a white man are seated. The African American man drops his broken shackles out of the basket as the abolitionist proclaims "Break Every Yoke; Let the Oppressed Go Free" to a large crowd of men, women, and children cheering below. Among the crowd is a white man Union soldier; a white newsboy selling the "Herald," an abolition newspaper; and a free African American man. Verses of text appear atop the rays of light and beside the basket espousing the religious, moral, and historical justifications for emancipation., Title from item., Date from copyright statement., Purchase 1968., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War., Dominique C. Fabronius was a respected Belgian born lithographer, watercolorist, and portraitist who worked in Philadelphia, Boston, and New York.
A disloyal British "subject" [graphic].
Civil War cartoon satirizing the awkward foreign relations between the United States and Great Britain caused by the royal proclamation of neutrality in 1861. The Queen issued the proclamation, which recognized the seceded states as having belligerent rights, in response to the Union blockades of Southern ports and its effect on international maritime trade and privateering. Consequently, the United States feared that Great Britain had acknowledged the Confederacy as an independent government. Shows John Bull and "Pat" on a dock discussing the sailor's enlistment in the Navy. Bull, the royal proclamation under his arm, warns the American that should he enlist with "either of the Belligerents" he would not be protected by Britain if taken as a pirate. "Pat" responds he does not want his protection and that the "stars and stripes" for which he fights will protect him. In the background, an American flag waves near a dock house adorned with a Union recruitment poster and a broadside highlighting the major themes of the royal proclamation including "Strict Neutrality"; "Privateering"; and "Letters of Marque.", Date supplied by Weitenkampf., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of miscellaneous Civil War materials., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Dissolving Views of Richmond [graphic] : Scene 1st.
Title from below: The youthful Napoleon quietly sitteth down 'upon his base' before Richmond intending to take it when he gets ready., Not in Reilly., Retrospective conversion record: original entry., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Distinguished militia gen'l during an action. [graphic].
Not in Reilly., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, with corrections., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Gallant capture of a ladys wardrobe by the brave troops of Florida [graphic].
Cartoon concerning the enforcement of the Confiscation Act of 1861 depicting the absurd seizure of a Florida woman's wardrobe to "pay the expenses of the troops." A military officer, possibly Union General Winfield Scott, and his troops, bayonets and swords raised, collect the belligerent, Confederate belle's hoop skirt as they trample an American flag. The lady demands the return of her clothes or threatens to go to Union-occupied Fort Pickens (visible behind her) and "man one of the big guns, and blow [the men] to pieces.", Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Grand Banner Of The Radical Democracy, For 1864 [graphic].
Retrospective conversion record: original entry., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Grand Federal Menagerie!! [graphic] : Now on Exhibition!!.
Title from below: The great Massachusetts Hyena, an Extraordinary Animal newly discovered, true to his traditional instincts, he violates the grave!., Not in Reilly., Retrospective conversion record: original entry., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
The gunboat candidate at the Battle of Malvern Hill. [graphic]
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, with corrections., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
"Have you seen anything of a Merrimac about here?" [graphic] / Morse.
Caricature of a sailor with a ring of cannons around his waist reading "The Cheese" to represent the Union ironclad, the Monitor, mocked by the Confederates as a "cheese-box." The battle between the smaller Monitor and the larger Confederate ironclad, the Virginia, (i.e., Merrimac) ended in a stalemate in March 1862., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War era posters., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
The Head Of The Confederacy On A New Base [graphic].
Not in Reilly., Retrospective conversion record: original entry., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Head Quarters At Harrison's Landing [graphic] : "See evidence before Committee on Conduct of the War".
"Potomac" in stone, lower left., Not in Reilly., Retrospective conversion record: original entry., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Heads Of The Democracy [graphic].
Not in Reilly., Retrospective conversion record: original entry., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
The Hercules Of The Union, Slaying The Great Dragon Of Secession [graphic].
Retrospective conversion record: original entry., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Home "on sick leave" [graphic] / . Edw. F. Mullen N.Y.
Caricature showing a soldier dining with a young lady attired in an absurd hat. The soldier sips from a straw and looks sheepishly at his dining partner., Lithographer's signature on stone lower left corner., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of humorous caricatures and photographs., See related photograph: cdv - misc. - Civil War - Gurney - Caricatures and cartoons [5770.F.51i]., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
How Columbia receives McClellan's Salutation from The Chicago Platform [graphic].
Below title: three captions: A., B., C., Weitenkampf: drawing probably by H.L. Stevens., Retrospective conversion record: original entry., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
In Council [graphic].
Not in Weitenkampf., See 1864-14?., Not in Reilly., Retrospective conversion record: original entry., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Jeff. Davis caught at last. Hoop skirts & Southern chivalry. [graphic].
Not in Reilly., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, with corrections., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Jeff Davis, On His Own Platform, or the last "act of secession" [graphic].
Retrospective conversion record: original entry., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Jeff's last shift [graphic] : Capture of Jeff. Davis / May 10th 1865, At Irwinsville, Ga.
Entered ... 1865 by J.H. Bufford ..., Signed J.E.B. [Joseph E. Baker]., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, with corrections., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Jeff's Last Skedaddle [graphic] : Off To The Last Ditch. How Jeff In His Extremity Put His Navel Affairs ...
Signed T. Welcker., A. McLean, Lith. [bottom left]., Not in Reilly., Retrospective conversion record: original entry., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Jeff's Last Skedaddle [graphic] : Off To The Last Ditch. How Jeff In His Extremity Put His Navel Affairs ...
Signed T. Welker., A. McLean, lith. [faintly visible, bottom left]., Not in Reilly., Retrospective conversion record: original entry., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
The last ditch of chivalry or, a president in petticoats [graphic].
Cartoon satirizing the unusual circumstances of the capture of Confederate President Jefferson Davis, detained by Union cavalry troops on May 10, 1865, while wearing his wife's overcoat and shawl as a disguise. Depicts Union soldiers chasing a fleeing Davis, who wears a bonnet and dress and carries a bag of gold (an allusion to Davis's safeguarding of the remaining Confederate treasury). The soldiers wave pistols and swords and harrass Davis about his surrender, the bounty on his head, his ineffectual disguise, and his having reached his "last ditch." Davis responds that he thought that their government was "more magnanimous than to hunt down women and children." In the background, Davis's wife warns the soldiers "Look out you Yankees, if you make him mad he will hurt some of you.", Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
The Confederacy in petticoats [graphic].
Comic collecting card satirizing the unusual circumstances of the capture of Confederate President Jefferson Davis, detained by Union cavalry troops on May 10, 1865, while wearing his wife's overcoat and shawl as a disguise. Depicts a full-length view of Davis, attired in a shawl, a hoop skirt with a patch, and boots with spurs. A bonnet is tied around his neck, the edge of his skirt cage is visible, and he holds up a dagger in his right hand. A disembodied hand with a gun is pointed at him from the left., Date from copyright statement: Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1865 by L. Prang & Co., in the Clerk’s Office, of the district court of Mass.
Little Mac Trying To Dig His Way To The White House But Is Frightened By Spiritual Manifestations [graphic].
Not in Reilly., Retrospective conversion record: original entry., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Little Mac's Double Feat Of Equitation [graphic].
Entered ... 1864 ... by N. Bangs Williams, Providence [Rhode Island]., Retrospective conversion record: original entry., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
The meeting of the Friends. City Hall Park. [graphic]
Cartoon portraying a distorted version of events surrounding New York Governor Horatio Seymour's "My Friend's" speech during the Draft Riots of 1863 when several African Americans were killed by working-class rioters. Portrays Seymour on the steps of City Hall in front of a riotous mob composed primarily of armed Irish-Americans who march past the building for "The Tribune," an anti-Seymour newspaper. Supporting Seymour from behind are a fool with a cap inscribed "Express" (i.e., a Pro-Seymour newspaper), and former Mayor Fernando Wood and Tammany boss Peter B. Sweeny, both "Copperhead" Democrats who advocated peaceful settlement with the South and who believed Republican philanthropy favored African Americans at the expense of working-class whites. Seymour placates the mob announcing that he is their friend and that he has ordered the President to stop the draft. At his feet is an African American with a noose around his neck. A white man holds the severed head of an African American man, and several more African Americans are seen hanging from trees in the background., Probably drawn by Henry L. Stephens., Title from item., Date inferred from content., Place of publication supplied by Reilly., Text printed below image: A friendly voice.—Governor, we want you to stay here. Horatio Seymour.—I am going to stay here, “My Friends.” Second Rioter.—Faith, and the Governor will stay by us. Horatio Seymour.—I am your “Friend,” and the “Friend” of your families. Third Rioter.—Arrah, Jemmy, and who said he cared about the “Dirty Nagurs”? Fourth Rioter.—How about the draft, Saymere? Governor.—I have ordered the President to stop the draft! Chorus.—Be Jabers, he’s a “Broth of a Boy.”, RVCDC, Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Offering a substitute. A scene in the office of the provost marshall [graphic].
Cartoon addressing the impropriety surrounding the purchase of substitute draftees during the Civil War. Depicts four wealthy gentlemen attempting to find substitutes in a draft office. To the right, near an "Avoid the Draft" notice, a gentleman offers a wad of cash to a possible substitute. The man dressed in working man's clothes informs him, "I'm looking for a substitute myself." In the center, two gentlemen, one holding several bills, the other overweight and bemoaning "I walk but one square I chafe," display for inspection their wretched, raggedly dressed substitutes to two Union officers, including a doctor. The physician accepts a "Lee veteran" despite his extreme thinness and missing teeth, while the second officer tells the portly man that he would prefer him to the substitute and that "one days march will take down his fat and a little tallow will remove the chafing." To the left, the fourth gentleman, crying into a handkerchief, tells an officer that he would rather "bleed for his wife" than for his "suffering country." In the background, bandaged and ailing men line up in front of the marshall., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
The Old Bull Dog On The Right Track [graphic].
Entered ... 1864, by Currier & Ives ... N.Y., Retrospective conversion record: original entry., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
The Old General Ready For A "Movement" [graphic].
Weitenkampf: "Published by Currier & Ives, 152 Nassau St. N.Y.", Retrospective conversion record: original entry., Digitized by Alexander Street Press or Images of the American Civil War.

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