Although you're a Lieutenant bold. American wit and humor. Soldiers -- Caricatures and cartoons. Gin -- Caricatures and cartoons. Alcoholic beverages -- Caricatures and cartoons. United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Caricatures and cartoons. The Lieutenant wears a blue Union lieutenant's uniform. His hair is white, and his face is dark with either dirt or facial hair. His mouth is open, his eyes are closed, and he spills gin as he marches. Gin has particularly negative connotations in the nineteenth century as the drink of the poor and unvirtuous. Text: Although you're a Lieutenant bold, / With sprouts upon thy chin; / At home you spent your store of gold / To drink a store of gin. / And, as your eyes with drunken lustre shine, / I ne'er can be your Valentine. "513" Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. [New York] : T.W. Strong, New York. [1861-1865?] Caricatures and cartoons. Comic valentines. digitool:5780 Comic Valentines, 1.14