| Contributor |
McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector. |
|
McFarland & Thomson, publisher. |
| Title |
The game of secession or sketches of the rebellion [graphic] : Our army and navy for ever! |
| Publisher |
[Philadelphia] : [McFarland & Thomson] |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1862 |
| Date |
[1862] |
| Physical Description |
1 print: wood engraving, with letterpress ; sheet 70 x 56 cm (27 x 22 in.) |
| Description |
Gameboard containing a serpent-like figure comprised of 135 spaces surrounded by captioned vignettes also used on Civil War
envelopes. Pro-Union designs advance the player and anti-secession designs retard the player. Vignettes depict portraits of
prominent war figures; views of forts, soldiers, and preparations for battle; Union and Confederate flags; allegorical figures;
and satiric and racist depictions of Confederates. Includes President Abraham Lincoln; Confederate President Jefferson Davis,
Gen. Winfield Scott, Maj-Gen. George B. McClellan, Comm. S.F. Dupont, Confederate Gen. Beauregard; bombardment of Fort Sumter;
Philadelphia Navy Yard; liberty; Columbia; and Confederate soldiers on retreat; riding a enslaved African American man, and
protected by bales of cotton. "Directions" to play the game printed in the lower left corner. Flags and shields adorn the
borders.
|
| Notes |
Title from item. |
|
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of materials related to George McClellan. McAllister Collection, gift, 1886. |
|
Reproduced in Erika Piola, "For the millions: Civil War stationery for women and children in the McAllister Collection at
the Library Company of Philadelphia," The Ephemera journal 13 (2010), [39].
|
|
RVCDC |
|
Description revised 2021. |
|
Access points revised 2021. |
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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.
|
| Subject |
Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893 -- Portraits. |
|
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 -- Portraits. |
|
Du Pont, Samuel Francis, 1803-1865 -- Portraits. |
|
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Portraits. |
|
McClellan, George Brinton, 1826-1885 -- Portraits. |
|
Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866 -- Portraits. |
|
Confederate States of America. Army -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Allegories. |
|
African American men -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Flags. |
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Liberty. |
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Patriotism -- United States. |
|
Racism in popular culture. |
|
Shields. |
|
Enslaved men -- United States. |
| Geographic subject |
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Military facilities. |
|
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Military personnel. |
| Genre |
Gameboards -- 1860-1870. |
|
Wood engravings -- 1860-1870. |
| Printer |
McFarland & Thomson, publisher. |
| Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| **GC - Games [5793.F.44] |
| Accession number |
5793.F.44 |
