Details
Title Fight on the back Old Dominion envelope
Date 1861-1865
Physical description 1 envelope; 8 x 14 cm. (3 x 3.5 in.)
Notes Image: Union and Confederate troops climb ladders to fight on the feeble back of Old Dominion, an old woman representing Virginia, who holds a "secession" cane with a snake wrapped around it. Slaves runaway in the background as the battle rages above.
Verse 1415: "Mother of the states and of statesmen!" How art thou fallen!
Verse 1530: Old Dominion
Caption: Southern Chivalry! You may plant your seeds in peace, for Virginia will have to bear the brunt of the battle.--Gov. Pickens/While massa tends to fightin dis hot weather, dis "counterband" Darkie and his Fambly will spend de Summer down to "Ole Pint Comfort."
Genre Patriotic envelopes 1860-1870
Coverage United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Is part of Civil War Envelope Collection
Civil War Envelope Collection
Has format TMP.objres.5434.jpg
Provenance McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Identifier Caricatures - People
Accession number Envelope C-P-O-14
Bibliographic citation William R. Weiss. The catalog of Union Civil War patriotic covers (Bethleham, Pa.: William R. Weiss, 1995).