Sample image scanned from: 2# Am 1864 Uni Sta (3)5777.F.24, Recruiting poster illustration depicting "a mounted, Union cavalry soldier, saber drawn, attacking a mounted confederate cavalry soldier."
Sample image scanned from: # Am 1863 Uni Sta (1)5777.F.57c, Recruiting poster illustration depicting "an eagle with the banner: mottos vary" Banner is blank in this example, but text varies on each poster. Examples include "Don't give up the ship"; "Irish Volunteers!"; "When duty calls, 'tis ours to obey."
Sample image scanned from: Sm# Am 1862 Uni Sta (2)5777.F.59d, Recruiting poster illustration depicting "Liberty, left arm raised, holding the flag in her right hand."
Sample image scanned from: 3# Am 1862 Uni Sta (4)5777.F.7, Recruiting poster illustration depicting "a regimental parade, with Sargeant major leading, left arm raised, four drummer boys, and one mounted officer."
Sample image scanned from: 2# Am 1862 Uni Sta (1)5777.F.24a, Recruiting poster illustration depicting "the U.S. flag, surmounting the globe, with the legend: Our country."
Sample image scanned from: 2# Am 1862 Uni Sta (2)5777.F.32, Recruiting poster illustration depicting "four horses, two with riders, pulling a cannon with three soldiers seated."
Creator
Rogers, E. (Edward), b. 1831 or 2, engraver., creator
Sample image scanned from: 2# Am 1862 Uni Sta (2)5777.F.30b, Recruiting poster illustration depicting "an eagle with a blank banner, perched on a horn."
Sample image scanned from: 2# Am 1861 Uni Sta (2)5777.F.35b, Recruiting poster illustration depicting "a Union soldier in Zouave uniform, saber drawn, attacking a Confederate soldier."
Sample image scanned from: # Am 1861 Southwark (1)5777.F.24c, Recruiting poster illustration depicting "an officer standing, left arm raised, telescope in right hand."
Sample image scanned from: 2# Am 1863 Uni Sta (2)5777.F.45c, Recruiting poster illustration depicting "an encampment, a cannon, and the digging of trenches."
Sample image scanned from: # Am 1861 Uni Sta (2)5777.F.24g, Recruiting poster illustration depicting an "eagle holding a small shield upright in his talons."
Sample image scanned from: 2# Am 1861 Uni Sta (1)5777.F.36d, Recruiting poster illustration depicting "a Union soldier with rifle in hand, bayonet fixed, charging past a fallen Confederate soldier in battle."
Creator
Bonfield, George Robert, 1805-1898, engineer., creator
Sample image scanned from: # Am 1861 Uni Sta (1)5777.F.62b, Recruiting poster illustration depicting "[x] soldiers, in groups of three, standing at attention (left or right facing)."
Sample image scanned from: # Am 1861 Southwark (1)5777.F.24c, Recruiting poster illustration depicting "three people, one holding a U.S. flag, with the banner: mottos vary." In this poster the banner reads: "the Union and the Constitution!" Banner text varies. Other examples include, "Attention!" and "Hurra for Houtton & Brother."
Sample image scanned from: 2# Am 1861 Uni Sta (4)5777.F.57c, Recruiting poster illustration depicting "George Washington holding the U.S. flag, beneath the legend: My country." Various date ranges included in some posters.
Creator
Hinckley, Cornelius T., b. ca. 1820, engraver., creator
Sample image scanned from: Sm# Am 1861 Uni Sta (2)5777.F.6b, Recruiting poster illustration depicting "an eagle on a flag-draped drum, with eight flags behind."
Sample image scanned from: # Am 1861 German (2)5777.F.7a, Recruiting poster illustration depicting "an eagle on a shield, with the banner: mottos vary." The motto on this poster reads: "When duty calls, 'tis ours to obey." Other examples include, "No compromise with traitors, and no argument but the cannon's mouth"; "The Union now and forever"; "Not for ourselves, but for our country." See woodcut15 for a similar image.
Sample image scanned from: # Am 1861 Uni Sta (2)5777.F.6e, Recruiting poster illustration depicting "an eagle on a shield with the banner: mottos vary." The motto in this poster is: "The Union, it shall be preserved!" Other examples include, "No compromise with traitors, and no argument but the cannon's mouth."; "Obey the call of your country!"; "Fall in and keep step to the music of the Union."
Sample image scanned from: 2# Am 1861 Uni Sta (2)5777.F.41a, Recruiting poster illustration depicting "an eagle with a shield on a chain around his neck, beneath the motto: E. pluribus unum."
Sample image scanned from: 2# Am 1861 Uni Sta (1)5777.F.8a, Recruiting poster illustration depicting "an eagle on a boat-like shield on the ocean, with the banner: Liberty and Union, now and forever."
Sample image scanned from: 2# Am 1861 Conti (4)5777.F.36a, Recruiting poster illustration depicting "a cavalry charge, with two buildings in the background."
