Details
Title Soldier embracing crying woman envelope
Publisher James Gates.
Date 1861-1865
Physical description 1 envelope; 8 x 14 cm. (3 x 3.5 in.)
Notes Image: A uniformed soldier has his right arm around a woman who is crying into a handkerchief, and holds a bayonet in his left hand.
Verse 907: "The Girl I Left Behind Me."
Caption: "He turn'd and left the spot--O! do not deem him weak--For dauntless was the soldier's heart, though tears were on his cheek; Go, watch the foremost ranks in danger's dark career, Be sure the hand most daring there has wiped away a tear."
Genre Patriotic envelopes 1860-1870
Coverage United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Is part of Civil War Envelope Collection
Has format TMP.objres.5624.jpg
Provenance McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Identifier Scenes: Military Related, Non-Battle, Specific Named Locations
Accession number Envelope SC-NB-94varianta
Bibliographic citation William R. Weiss. The catalog of Union Civil War patriotic covers (Bethleham, Pa.: William R. Weiss, 1995).