Image: Freed African American man wearing a straw hat. The man is superimposed on a black star containing the abbreviations of the states of the Confederacy. Refers to the contraband policy that banned soldiers from returning runaway slaves to their owners once they crossed Union lines., Verse 1057: I'se contraband., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Image: A grinning devil figure rakes Jefferson Davis over the coals. An African American man watches the scene from above and says "De debil claims his own"., Verse 68: "A warm reception for Jeff. Davis.", Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Image: A Union soldier grasps the neck of a southerner who weilds a knife in his right hand., Verse 1497: Now, boasting Southron, hold thine own, no maiden's arms are round thee thrown! A Northern Freeman holds thee fast--yield! or this moment is thy last!, Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Image: A long line of African American men and women march out of the South, with bundles slung over their shoulders and the guidance of the "North star"., Verse 1938: Southern Currency. Come along colored pussons., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Image: An eagle stands on a drum, over which is draped a Union flag. Includes bayonets on the ground and upraised flags in the background., Verse 1219: Let your motto be "Libert now and forever!" Your trust be in God, in truth and the right; come back to us victors, or come to us never! On, brothers, on! for freedom and right.", Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Image: Depicts a mule's head on a southerner's formally-attired body. He holds a pocket watch in his right hand and a top hat behind his back in his left hand., Verse 2138: "The Flower of the south.", Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Image: A freed African American family plays instruments. The father and mother are seated on the ground and play the tamborine and banjo, respectively, and the child stands and plays unidentifiable instruments in the middle. Refers to the contraband policy that banned soldiers from returning runaway slaves to their owners once they crossed Union lines., Verse 1426: Music by the "Contra-band"., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Image: Bust portrait of William Gannaway Brownlow. The American flag waves behind him as he writes a letter. Served as Senator and Governor of Tennessee and was strongly pro-Union., Verse 1700: Parson Brownlow, Verse 1701: Parson Brownlow, Knoxville, Tenn. To Gen'l Pillow.--Your letter is received offering me a Chaplaincy in the Confederate Army. I have not yet made up my mind to go to hell, when I do, I shall travel a more direct route than by way of the Southern Confederacy. Yours Truly, W.G. Brownlow., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Image: A freed African American man stands with his right hand on his hip and his left hand holding a hoe. Refers to the contraband policy that prohibited soldiers from returning runaway slaves to their owners once they crossed Union lines., Verse 1381: Massa gone to fight, I'll go to Washington., Caption: Latest contraband., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Image: Marching elephant wearing boots carries banners containing verses., Verse 2220: The Northern Elephant. After secession rats., Caption: What Patrick Henry said in '76, "give me Liberty, or give me Death." What Jeff. Davis says in '61 "Give me Hog, Hominy and Slavery.", Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Image: A woman wearing a red, white, and blue dress holds an upraised Union flag in her right and points to the word Onward with her left hand. Her left foot rests on a red ball., Verse 1578: Onward., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Image: A showman stands and manipulates a "dissolving view" box. Jefferson Davis is seated and looking through the box at the fading image of the White House., Verse 1896: Showman - At the end of the Avenue you perceive a white house. Keep your eye on it and it will dissolve and fade from your view., Caption: Jeff. and the Showman., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Image: Depicts a jolly roger flag, with skull and crossbones, as Jeff Davis's flag., Verse 1110: Jeff Davis/His Marque., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Image: Soldiers sit near two large cannons at the waterfront in the foreground. Several steamboats are on the Ohio river. A cityscape is depicted in the background., Verse 650: Fortifications on Price's Hill, Cincinatti, Ohio., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Image: George Washington's bust portrait is surrounded by Union bunting, including flags, bayonets, cannons, a drum, a sword, and an eagle., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Image: Scrap paper with text was used to create this envelope. An address is handwritten in ink over the typed text., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Image: A woman wearing a red, white and blue Grecian gown holds an upraised Union flag in her right hand and a plaque in her left hand that reads: "The federal laws must be enforced". A Union shield rests beside her right foot and an eagle sits by her left foot., Verse 482: Death to traitors., Verse 2112: The federal laws must be enforced., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Image: Two zouaves, a Cameron Highlander with a bayonet and a member of the "Fighting 69th" with an upraised flag, flank a framed bust portrait of George B. McClellan., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Image: A soldier stands guard in the distance, as another soldier sleeps around a campfire in the foreground. In the upper right hand corner of the envelope is an image that depicts the sleeping soldier's dream of the enemy attacking his wife and children near their home., Verse 2287: The Soldier's Dream of Home., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Image: A woman sits with Union symbols, including American flags, a shield, an eagle, scales, a sword and gold. A ship is visible in the right background and a locomotive in the left background., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Image: Depicts the coat of arms of Pennsylvania. A shield crested by a bald eagle is flanked by rearing horses. Inside the shield are symbols of Pennsylvania's strengths: a ship, a plow, and three sheafs of wheat. The phrase "Virtue, Liberty, Independence" adorns a banner under the shield. Other state seals form a border around the envelope., Verse 1708: Pennsylvania., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Image: Depicts a naval battle scene involving gun-boats and steamers on the Mississippi River near Fort Wright., Verse 1446: Naval Engagement off Fort Wright., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Image: Depicts two scenes. The left hand side shows Lady Liberty sitting with a shield, a wheat sheaf, and fasces. On the right side of the envelope shows the House of Representatives in session., Verse 950: House of Representatives., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Image: Union soldiers stand with flags, cannons and shields around bust portraits of both Abraham Lincoln and John C. Fremont. The banner below the portraits reads: "Review of the Army"., Verse 1305: Maj. Gen. Freemont., Verse: 1784: Review of the Army., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Image: In the upper left hand corner is printed in black and white an extremely fine image of the Declaration of Independence July 4, 1776. This is surrounded by 16 circles, each with a different image. In one is the eagle; the next is George Washington. The others seem to represent the 13 original states. Written in ink across the face of the envelope: "Messrs. McAllister & Bro.", Caption: W.L. Germon, photographer, No. 702 Chestnut St. S.W. cor. of 7th., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Image: A freed African American baby boy, wrapped in blankets, is held up by a grinning white man. Refers to the contraband policy that banned soldiers from returning slaves to their owners once they crossed Union lines., Verse 929: "Him fader's hope, Him moder's joy, Him darling little Contraband Boy.", Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Image: Depicts two different scenes. On the left hand side is a group of four women who sit and stand around a shield, a flag, and a sword. Three of them hold something in their hands, including a bird, a caduceus, and an olive branch. On the right hand side of the envelope is an image depicting the elevation of the Building Dedicated to Art., Verse 233: Building Dedicated to Art, opposite the War Department., Caption: Our Land of Liberty one and Inseparable / No North, No South, No East, No West., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Image: An African American man, dressed in tattered garment, blows into a balloon labeled "Treason"., Verse 2684: "We is de innocent root ob dis yere trubble, Mass' Jeff, but its gwine to take all us poor, niggas' breff away to keep de wind in it.", Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Image: Bust portrait of a woman wearing a hat lined with stars and facing right., Verse 485: Dedicated to the gallant defenders of our National Union., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Image: Racist caricature of a slave couple speaking about the war in a black dialect. Dinah washes clothes in a washtub, while Pompey lights a pipe., Verse 501: Dinah. "What is you gwing to fite for?" Pompey. "Dat's what dis chile can't find out, Massa says he don't know.", Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Image: On the left hand side of the envelope a Native American man sits on the ground and leans on "Enterprise" symbols. He holds a bow and arrow in his right hand, and more arrows in his left hand. An eagle hovers over him. On the right side of the envelope is a birds-eye view of the industrial city of Detriot., Verse 498: Detroit., Caption: Wolverines, "MOTTO," We live for the Union, We die for the Union, We will uphold the Union., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Image: A runaway grasps General Benjamin Butler for protection as his former owner approaches. Butler's sword is drawn and pointing at the slave owner, who is from one of the first families of Virginia. The slave owner is portrayed as a scarecrow holding a dog leash in one hand and a cat-o'-nine-tails in the other. Scene takes place in front of Fort Monroe. Refers to the contraband policy that banned soldiers from returning runaway slaves to their owners once they crossed Union lines., Verse 1568: One of the F.F.V.'s [First Families of Virginia] after his Contraband., General Butler "can't see it.", Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Image: Jefferson Davis, weighed down by rifles and packages labeled Mobile, New Orleans, Charleston, Norfolk (in the form of a cannon) and the U.S. Treasury, is prevented from leaving the Union by Uncle Sam. A bald eagle, carrying a Union shield and a dead snake, approaches the scene. Fort Pickens and Fort Sumter sit in the background., Verse 1162: Jes so Jeff/ and more to/I only want to be let alone., Verse 2605: Unkle Sam & Jeff, Yankee doodle is the tune Americans delight in, It'l do to whistle sing and play, And just the thing for fightin'., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Image: Depicts long rows of foot soldiers, cavalrymen, and cannons. Soldiers carry wounded men away from the scene. Clouds of smoke rise up from the battle in the distance., Verse 169: Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 3rd, 1863., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Image: A group of soldiers run away from a hollow outline of Elmer Ellsworth in a tree. Men are gathered around a monument in the distance. Ellsworth was the first officer to die in the war., Verse 2503: Tomb and Shade of Ellsworth, his Spirit still Lives., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Image: A bust portrait of Elmer Ellsworth dressed in military uniform is surrounded by flags, bayonets, cannons, a drum, a bugle, and an eagle. Ellsworth was the first officer to die in the war., Verse 358: Col. Ellsworth., Caption: Union now & for ever. Don't shed a tear for him! Better to go eager with victory. Facing the foe for one life like this life a thousand shall pay, and the fury it kindles shall carry the day., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Image: An African American man sits on the ground with a large sack next to him. A uniformed soldier sits on a rock nearby, and holds a bayonet in his left arm. It seems as though they're taking cover from a burning ship on the river below., Verse 2624: U.S. Naval Expedition., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Image: An eagle flies above a shield decorated with the stars and stripes. The eagle grasps a banner in its mouth: "Love One Another." Blue stars with the initials of the states form a border around the envelope., Verse 1280: Love One Another., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Image: Depicts a soldier on horseback carrying a flag with a red stripe (top) and a white stripe (bottom) and the phrase "U.S. Dragoons." The soldier wears a blue uniform with red trim., Verse 2598: United States Cavalry., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Image: Grotesque caricature of a grinning African American man who holds up a picture of a Southern plantation., Verse 505: Dixie's land., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Image: Hanging from a tree, a snake grips a fearful man. An African American man peaks his head out from behind the tree to watch the scene, which resembles a lynching. The Capitol building sits in the distance., Verse 474: De fowler caught in his own snare., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Image: This envelope has a wide blue border around every edge. 34 white stars are within the border with the initials of the 34 states. The letters of the word "UNION'" are printed in black and white stripes on the bottom half and blue with white stars on the top half. To the left is a large image, a bust, of Gen. McClellan in black and white., Verse: Major General McClellan, Caption: Union., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Image: Landscape view with two horses and an eagle that resembles the coat of arms of Pennsylvania. A shield crested by a bald eagle is flanked by rearing horses. Inside the shield are symbols of Pennsylvania's strengths: a ship, a plow, and three sheafs of wheat. The phrase "Virtue, Liberty, Independence" adorns a banner under the shield. Buildings are visible in the left background., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Image: An elephant, labeled Winfield Scott, charges after a pig carrying a young, exuberant Jefferson Davis., Verse 969: I always win. Winfield Scott., Verse 1144: Jeff Davis's Last Ride upon the South., Caption: Jeff being unable to come to Washington to see the Elephant, Old Abe will take the Elephant to see Jeff., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Image: A slave family, consisting of father, mother and two children, run toward Fort Monroe, away from the white master who is chasing them with a whip and chains. Refers to the contraband policy that banned soldiers from returning runaway slaves to their owners once they crossed Union lines., Verse 422: Come back you black rascal, Oh no, I can't come back, I'se contraband., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Image: A woman sits on a dock with her arms wrapped around a staff. A red, white and blue Union shield sits at her feet. Ships are visible in the background., Verse 1965: Stand by the Union., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Image: A flag facing right, is weighted down by cannon balls behind a cannon that's just been fired., Verse 482: Death to traitors., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Image: Three envelopes together form one scene, which depicts the 1819 wooden toll bridge, Long Bridge, over the Potomac River, connecting Washington, D.C. to Arlington, Va. Includes soldiers walking next to horses that pull cannon carriages., Verse 1265: Long Bridge, Washington, by Moonlight., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
