Title |
The Veteran. |
Publisher |
[S.l. : s.n.] |
Date |
[1862-1865?] |
Description |
A Union soldier rests on crutches, has his left arm in a sling, and is missing his right hand and left leg. His rucksack is
on the crutches. Chickahominy is a Virginia river near where the Battle of Gaines' Mill took place. The valentine has an embossed
border.
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Notes |
Text: Come up to the bar, old boy-- / Come up to the bar and drink: / Did you leave your leg and arms / On Chickahominy's
brink? / There's lots of your sort around-- / Young heroes in a war grown old-- / And out on the niggardly hound / Who'd leave
them "out in the cold."
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Variant of Valentine 12.30 and Valentine 12.31. |
Genre |
Caricatures and cartoons. |
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Comic valentines. |
Subject |
American wit and humor. |
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Veterans -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
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Gaines' Mill, Battle of, Va., 1862 -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
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Drinking of alcoholic beverages -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
Has format |
TMP.objres.580.jpg |
Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
Identifier |
Comic Valentines, 12.29 |