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Title: Jeff . Davis in prison
Description: Anti-Davis cartoon invoking the travesties at Confederate war prisons to satirize the incarcerated former Confederate president as a pompous, sniveling ingrate. Shows Davis, attired in a suit, and his feet shackled, in his cell, in front of a table containing his modest meal and complaining to the prison doctor. He bemoans his being unaccustomed to such living and that "you must order some more healthy food, or I shall starve to death." The doctor responds it is "good healthy food, such as our soldiers are fed on" and that their recent achievements prove it is "tolerably healthy." In the left, an older African American man cook, portrayed in racist caricature, announces in the vernacular "Massa Jeff! de dinner is ready." Two Union soldiers retort and reply "It's unhealthy is it! You didn't think that a pint of cornmeal was unhealthy when we were at Andersonville." The other angrily remembers "Rotten sowbelly and mouldy hard tacks was considered 'healthy food' when I was in "Libby" and Belle Island., Title from item., Date from copyright statement: Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1865 by Gibson & Co. in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of Ohio., Purchase 2008., RVCDC, Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Date: 1865
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department political cartoons - 1865-Jef [P.2008.5.1]

Title: Jeff . Davis in prison
Description: Anti-Davis cartoon invoking the travesties at Confederate war prisons to satirize the incarcerated former Confederate president as a pompous, sniveling ingrate. Shows Davis, attired in a suit, and his feet shackled, in his cell, in front of a table containing his modest meal and complaining to the prison doctor. He bemoans his being unaccustomed to such living and that "you must order some more healthy food, or I shall starve to death." The doctor responds it is "good healthy food, such as our soldiers are fed on" and that their recent achievements prove it is "tolerably healthy." In the left, an older African American man cook, portrayed in racist caricature, announces in the vernacular "Massa Jeff! de dinner is ready." Two Union soldiers retort and reply "It's unhealthy is it! You didn't think that a pint of cornmeal was unhealthy when we were at Andersonville." The other angrily remembers "Rotten sowbelly and mouldy hard tacks was considered 'healthy food' when I was in "Libby" and Belle Island., Title from item., Date from copyright statement: Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1865 by Gibson & Co. in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of Ohio., Purchase 2008., RVCDC, Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Date: 1865
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department political cartoons - 1865-Jef [P.2008.5.1]

Title: [11th Infantry Regiment New York, "Fire Zouaves"]
Description: Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War miscellanies., Cutout of five Civil War era paper soldiers. They are depicted with rifles slung over their right shoulders.
Date: [ca. 1861-ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Soldiers [(2)5786.F.188a]

Title: 1st German Rifle Regt. NY. St. Vol. and 8th N.Y. German Rifles, Col. Blenker
Description: Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War miscellanies., Cutout of a Civil War era paper soldier with a rifle in his right hand and a knapsack on his back.
Date: [ca. 1861-ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Soldiers [(2)5786.F.186i]

Title: 3rd Reg. Missouri Voli, Col: F. Sigel.
Description: Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War miscellanies., Cutout of Civil War era paper soldiers with rifles, drums, and a flag.
Date: [ca. 1861-ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Soldiers [(2)5786.F.187c]

Title: 55th Regiment, N.Y. St. Mil: Col. Le Gal.
Description: Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War miscellanies., Cutout of a Civil War era paper soldier holding a bugle in his right hand.
Date: [ca. 1861-ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Soldiers [(2)5786.F.187d]

Title: [69th New York Volunteers, "The Fighting 69th"]
Description: Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War miscellanies., Cutout of five Civil War era paper soldiers. They are depicted with bayonets, swords, a drum and a flag.
Date: [ca. 1861-ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Soldiers [(2)5786.F.188b]

Title: [69th New York Volunteers, "The Fighting 69th"]
Description: Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War miscellanies., Cutout of five Civil War era paper soldiers. Depicts all of the soldiers with bayonets propped against their left shoulders.
Date: [ca. 1861-ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Soldiers [(2)5786.F.186c]

Title: 69th Regiment of New York. Col. Corcoran.
Description: Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War miscellanies., Cutout of a Civil War era paper soldier mounted on a black horse, holding the reins and a sword in his hands.
Date: [ca. 1861-ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Soldiers [(2)5786.F.183f]

Title: 6th Reg of Massachusetts. Mass. St. Mil: Col. Jones.
Description: Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War miscellanies., Cutout of a Civil War era paper soldier with a rifle in his right hand and a knapsack on his back.
Date: [ca. 1861-ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Soldiers [(2)5786.F.188j]

Title: 6th Reg of Massachusetts. Mass. St. Mil: Col. Jones.
Description: Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War miscellanies., Cutout of a Civil War era paper soldier with a rifle in his right hand and a knapsack on his back.
Date: [ca. 1861-ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Soldiers [(2)5786.F.188e]

Title: 6th Reg. Wilson's Zouaves, N.Y. St. Vol: Col. Wilson
Description: Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War miscellanies., Cutout of a Civil War era paper soldier leaning on a rifle.
Date: [ca. 1861-ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Soldiers [(2)5786.F.188d]

Title: 6th Reg. Wilson's Zouaves, N.Y. St. Vol: Col. Wilson
Description: Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War miscellanies., Cutout of a Civil War era paper soldier leaning on a rifle.
Date: [ca. 1861-ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Soldiers [(2)5786.F.186g]

Title: 79th Regiment of New York.
Description: Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War miscellanies., Cutout of four Civil War era paper soldiers dressed in full Scottish regalia. One soldiers plays the bagpipes, one plays the drums, and another holds a flag.
Date: [ca. 1861-ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Soldiers [(2)5786.F.186d]

Title: [7th Infantry Regiment of New York.]
Description: Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War miscellanies., Cutout of five Civil War era paper soldiers. They are depicted with bayonets slung over their left shoulders.
Date: [ca. 1861-ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Soldiers [(2)5786.F.187b]

Title: [7th Infantry Regiment of New York.]
Description: Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War miscellanies., Cutout of five Civil War era paper soldiers. They are depicted with bayonets, swords, a drum and a flag.
Date: [ca. 1861-ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Soldiers [(2)5786.F.189c]

Title: [7th New York Cavalry Regiment, Northern Black Horse Cavalry.]
Description: Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War miscellanies., Cutout of a Civil War era paper soldier. He is depicted on horseback, with a sword in his right hand.
Date: [ca. 1861-ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Soldiers [(2)5786.F.187e]

Title: 7th Regiment, N.Y. St. Mil: Col Lefferts.
Description: Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War miscellanies., Cutout of a Civil War era paper soldier with a rifle in his left hand and a knapsack on his back.
Date: [ca. 1861-ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Soldiers [(2)5786.F.188f]

Title: 7th Regiment of New York.
Description: Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War miscellanies., Cutout of five Civil War era paper soldiers marching with bayonets slung over their right shoulders.
Date: [ca. 1861-ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Soldiers [(2)5786.F.187a]

Title: 8th N.Y. Reg. German Rifles, Col: Blenker.
Description: Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War miscellanies., Cutout of five Civil War era paper soldiers standing with bayonets, a flag and a bugle.
Date: [ca. 1861-ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Soldiers [(2)5786.F.189d]

Title: Advance Guard, Col. Duryee.
Description: Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War miscellanies., Cutout of a Civil War era paper soldier running with a flag in his hands.
Date: [ca. 1861-ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Soldiers [5786.F.134c]

Title: Advance Guard. Col Duryee.
Description: Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War miscellanies., Cutout of four Civil War era paper soldiers running with bayonets, a flag and a drum.
Date: [ca. 1861-ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Soldiers [(2)5786.F.186h]

Title: Advance Guard, N.Y. St. Vol. Col. Ab. Duryee.
Description: Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War miscellanies., Cutout of a Civil War era paper soldier resting his arms on the top of his rifle.
Date: [ca. 1861-ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Soldiers [(2)5786.F.188g]

Title: [Cameron Highlanders, 79th New York Volunteer Infantry.]
Description: Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War miscellanies., Cutout of four Civil War era paper soldiers dressed in full Scottish regalia. They all have bayonets propped against their left shoulders.
Date: [ca. 1861-ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Soldiers [(2)5786.F.186a]

Title: [Caricature of the capture of Jefferson Davis May 10, 1865]
Description: Photographic reproduction of a caricature satirizing the unusual circumstances of the capture of the Confederate president, detained by Union cavalry troops on May 10, 1865, while wearing his wife's overcoat and shawl as a disguise. Depicts Davis being inspected by Union soldiers as he emerges from a tent, holding a basket, while attired in a hood and skirt. His wife, Varina Davis, stands next to him and an African American servant, portrayed in racist caricature with grotesque features, peers from behind the tent flap. Bottles and a case marked "Silver Spoons, C.S.A." (an allusion to Jefferson's safeguarding of the remaining Confederate treasury) lay on the ground in front of the tent. Also shows a saddle hanging in a tree to the right of the tent., Title supplied by cataloger., Date from copyright statement: Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1865, by Francis Hacker, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Rhode Island., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Jefferson Davis and Confederate material. McAllister Collection, gift, 1886., RVCDC, Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014., See related carte de visite: cdv - miscellaneous - Civil War - Caricatures & cartoons - [P.2016.63].
Creator: Hacker, Francis
Date: 1865
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Hacker [5795.F.15a]

Title: [Cavalrymen.]
Description: Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War miscellanies., Cutout of four Civil War era paper cavalrymen dressed in royal blue jackets and light blue pants. Three are depicted with swords, and one holds a bugle in his right hand.
Date: [ca. 1861-ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Soldiers [(2)5786.F.83a]

Title: [Cavalrymen.]
Description: Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War miscellanies., Cutout of four Civil War era paper cavalrymen dressed in royal blue jackets and light blue pants. All four hold swords in their right hand. See (2)5786.F.83a for a similar image.
Date: [ca. 1861-ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Soldiers [(2)5786.F.183d]

Title: Civil War era paper soldiers collection. [graphic].
Description: Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War miscellanies., Collection containing cut-outs of and uncut sheets of Civil War era paper soldiers. Soldiers depicted with guns, knapsacks, drums, on horseback, carrying flags, during charges, and on the march. Majority contain the name of the regiment, including Advance Guard, N.Y. St. Vol., Col. Ab. Duryee (5th N.Y. Infantry); De Kalb Zouaves, N.Y. St. Vol. Capt. Duysing (41st N.Y. Infantry); Firemen Zouaves, N.Y. St. Vol., Col. Ellsworth (11th N.Y. Infantry); Green Mountain Boys of Vermont (Vermont National Guard); Highland Guard 79th Regt. L, Col. Elliott; Irish Zouaves, Capt. Francis (69th N.Y. Infantry); National Zouaves N.Y. St. Vol., Col. McChesney (10th N.Y. Infantry); New York Zouaves, N.Y. St. Vol., Col. Hawkins (9th N.Y. Infantry); Polnish Legion, Col. Pratt (31st N.Y. Infantry); Ninth Regiment, N.Y. St. Mil., Col. Stiles (83rd N.Y. Infantry); Steuben Girard N.Y. St. Vol., Col. Bendix (7th N.Y. Infantry); United Turner Rifles, N.Y. St. Vol., Col. M. Weber (20th N.Y. Infantry); 1st German Rifle Regt. NY. St. Vol. and 8th N.Y. German Rifles, Col. Blenker; 3d Reg. Missouri Voli, Col. F. Sigel; 6th Reg. of Massachusetts, Mass. St. Mil., Col. Jones; 6th Reg. Wilson's Zouaves, N.Y. St. Vol., Col. Wilson; 7th Regiment N.Y. St. Mil., Col. Lefferts; 55th Regiment, N.Y. St. Mil and French Zouaves, Col. Le Gal; 69th Regt. N.Y. St. Mil., Col. Corcoran; and 79th Regiment of N.Y. Also includes three uncut sheets of unidentified paper soldiers and a Revolutionary War paper soldier. Largest uncut sheet inscribed "N.Y. Zouaves" and published by New York firm Heerbrandt & Co. Three paper soldier wrappers published by New York firms McLoughlin Brother and G. Heerbrandt also included as part of the collection. Wrappers contain illustrations of soldiers, assembly instructions, and list of available series. Copies of soldiers illustrated on wrappers included in collection.
Date: [ca. 1861-ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Soldiers [5786.F.134a&c; (2)5786.F.5c; 182e; 183a-f; 184a, c, d; 186a-i; 187a, b, d, e; 188a-c, e-k; 189a, c-g; P.2005.2.10-11]

Title: Civil War Paper Soldiers Collection
Description: Collection containing cut-outs of and uncut sheets of Civil War era paper soldiers. Soldiers depicted with guns, knapsacks, drums, on horseback, carrying flags, during charges, and on the march. Majority contain the name of the regiment, including Advance Guard, N.Y. St. Vol., Col. Ab. Duryee (5th N.Y. Infantry); De Kalb Zouaves, N.Y. St. Vol. Capt. Duysing (41st N.Y. Infantry); Firemen Zouaves, N.Y. St. Vol., Col. Ellsworth (11th N.Y. Infantry); Green Mountain Boys of Vermont (Vermont National Guard); Highland Guard 79th Regt. L, Col. Elliott; Irish Zouaves, Capt. Francis (69th N.Y. Infantry); National Zouaves N.Y. St. Vol., Col. McChesney (10th N.Y. Infantry); New York Zouaves, N.Y. St. Vol., Col. Hawkins (9th N.Y. Infantry); Polnish Legion, Col. Pratt (31st N.Y. Infantry); Ninth Regiment, N.Y. St. Mil., Col. Stiles (83rd N.Y. Infantry); Steuben Girard N.Y. St. Vol., Col. Bendix (7th N.Y. Infantry); United Turner Rifles, N.Y. St. Vol., Col. M. Weber (20th N.Y. Infantry); 1st German Rifle Regt. NY. St. Vol. and 8th N.Y. German Rifles, Col. Blenker; 3d Reg. Missouri Voli, Col. F. Sigel; 6th Reg. of Massachusetts, Mass. St. Mil., Col. Jones; 6th Reg. Wilson's Zouaves, N.Y. St. Vol., Col. Wilson; 7th Regiment N.Y. St. Mil., Col. Lefferts; 55th Regiment, N.Y. St. Mil and French Zouaves, Col. Le Gal; 69th Regt. N.Y. St. Mil., Col. Corcoran; and 79th Regiment of N.Y. Also includes three uncut sheets of unidentified paper soldiers and a Revolutionary War paper soldier. Largest uncut sheet inscribed "N.Y. Zouaves" and published by New York firm Heerbrandt & Co. Three paper soldier wrappers published by New York firms McLoughlin Brother and G. Heerbrandt also included as part of the collection. Wrappers contain illustrations of soldiers, assembly instructions, and list of available series. Copies of soldiers illustrated on wrappers included in collection., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War miscellanies.
Date: [ca. 1861-ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Soldiers [5785.F; 5786.F.134a&c; (2)5786.F.5c; 83a; 183b-f; 184a, c, d; 186a-i; 187a-e; 188a-k; 189a, c-g; P.2005.2.10-11]

Title: De Hall Zouaves, N.Y. St. Vol: Capt. Duysing.
Description: Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War miscellanies., Cutout of a Civil War era paper soldier with a rifle in his right hand and a knapsack on his back.
Date: [ca. 1861-ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Soldiers [(2)5786.F.188c]

Title: A distinguished arrival Negro soldier - "Hi dar! Show dis ole lady a room - one wid a closet to put dis yar skelle in tum in!"
Description: Cartoon satirizing the imprisonment at Fort Monroe, Va. of Confederate president Jefferson Davis, detained by Union cavalry troops on May 10, 1865, while wearing his wife's overcoat and shawl as a disguise. Shows an African American soldier escorting Davis to a cell door at the "Hotel De Monroe." In front of the door a noose hangs. Davis, attired in a bonnet, shawl, and overcoat, holds a money bag labeled "JD. CSA" (an allusion to Davis's confiscation of the remaining Confederate treasury). The soldier holds a bayonet to which a skirt hoop is attached and speaks in the vernacular "Hi dar! Show dis ole lady a room..." In the background, a smiling sun, an African American soldier, and a ship sailing the bay are visible. Davis was imprisoned at Fort Monroe between 1865 and 1867., Title from item., Date from copyright statement: Ent'd according to act of Congress, in the year 1865, by J. Chapman in the Clerk's Office of the District Court, for the Southern District of New York., Purchase 2004., RVCDC, Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Date: 1865
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv - misc. - Civil War - Caricatures and cartoons [P.2004.6.2]

Title: A distinguished arrival Negro soldier - "Hi dar! Show dis ole lady a room - one wid a closet to put dis yar skelle in tum in!"
Description: Cartoon satirizing the imprisonment at Fort Monroe, Va. of Confederate president Jefferson Davis, detained by Union cavalry troops on May 10, 1865, while wearing his wife's overcoat and shawl as a disguise. Shows an African American soldier escorting Davis to a cell door at the "Hotel De Monroe." In front of the door a noose hangs. Davis, attired in a bonnet, shawl, and overcoat, holds a money bag labeled "JD. CSA" (an allusion to Davis's confiscation of the remaining Confederate treasury). The soldier holds a bayonet to which a skirt hoop is attached and speaks in the vernacular "Hi dar! Show dis ole lady a room..." In the background, a smiling sun, an African American soldier, and a ship sailing the bay are visible. Davis was imprisoned at Fort Monroe between 1865 and 1867., Title from item., Date from copyright statement: Ent'd according to act of Congress, in the year 1865, by J. Chapman in the Clerk's Office of the District Court, for the Southern District of New York., Purchase 2004., RVCDC, Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Date: 1865
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv - misc. - Civil War - Caricatures and cartoons [P.2004.6.2]

Title: [Duryee Zouaves, 5th New York Volunteers.]
Description: Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War miscellanies., Cutout of three Civil War era paper soldiers running with bayonets in their hands.
Date: [ca. 1861-ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Soldiers [(2)5786.F.183b]

Title: [Duryee Zouaves, 5th New York Volunteers.]
Description: Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War miscellanies., Cutout of three Civil War era paper soldiers. Depicts a soldier with a raised sword running and leading two soldiers who hold a flag and a drum.
Date: [ca. 1861-ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Soldiers [(2)5786.F.183c]

Title: Encampment [at Richmond]
Description: Portrait of several Union army soldiers and personnel at an encampment in Richmond, Virginia during the city's occupation. Near a row of tents, under a canopy made of branches, most of the men sit on chairs. Outside of the canopy two African American men crouch., Title from negative sleeve., Date inferred from content., Gift of Elinor Solis-Cohen, 1980., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014., Levy & Cohen was a partnership between two Jewish photographers from Philadelphia who in 1865 published a series of views of occupied Richmond at the end of the Civil War. The partnership dissolved in 1865 after the unexpected death of Cornelius Levy.
Creator: Levy & Cohen, photographer
Date: [1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Glass Negatives-Levy & Cohen [P.8532.43]

Title: Encampment [at Richmond]
Description: Portrait of several Union army soldiers and personnel at an encampment in Richmond, Virginia during the city's occupation. Near a row of tents, under a canopy made of branches, most of the men sit on chairs. Outside of the canopy three African American men sit and stand., Title from negative sleeve., Date inferred from content., Gift of Elinor Solis-Cohen, 1980., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Part of a series: Levy & Cohen's Views of the Rebel Capital and its Environs., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014., Levy & Cohen was a partnership between two Jewish photographers from Philadelphia who in 1865 published a series of views of occupied Richmond at the end of the Civil War. The partnership dissolved in 1865 after the unexpected death of Cornelius Levy.
Creator: Levy & Cohen, photographer
Date: [1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Glass Negatives - Levy & Cohen [P.8532.44]

Title: Enlistment of Sickles brigade
Description: Caustic satire depicting the enlistment by notorious New York Congressman Colonel Daniel Sickles of recruits from offices near New York's crime-ridden Five Points area. The congested scene depicts several men, including African American men, clustered on a city street near a liquor store. In the left, Sickles, unwigged, stands above the crowd, and holds out Bibles in each hand. In the right above the crowd, "Mrs. Higby," wife of a New York clergyman, hands out pipes to the men (an allusion to Sickles's men being given pipes and Bibles for enlisting). A sign near Sickles reads "The Capital in danger. Sickles Brigade to the Rescue!!" A sign near Mrs. Higby reads "Pipes for the noble saviors of their country by Mrs. Higby." The "enlisting" men wear torn, worn, and patched uniforms or street clothes and hold picket signs, guns, and clubs. Within the crowd, a pit bull terrier and a white boy watch the melee, which includes a white man, attired in a uniform and a "Colonel Sickles Brigade" cap, offering an African American man a medal, who scratches his head, next to another African American man, attired in uniform and portrayed in racist caricature, and seated on a barrel. A few years before the war in 1859, Sickles gained notoriety for murdering Philip Barton Key II for having an affair with his wife Teresa Bagioli. He was acquitted based on the first successful use of the insanity defense in the U.S., Inscribed upper left corner: 6., Issued as plate 6 in Sketches from the Civil War in North America (London [i.e., Baltimore]: [the author], 1863-1864), a series of pro-Confederacy cartoons drawn and published by Baltimore cartoonist Adalbert John Volck under the pseudonym V. Blada. The "first issue" of 10 prints (numbered 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 12, 15, 16, 21, 24), with imprint "London, 1863" were printed as etchings. The remaining 20 prints (numbered 4, 8, 9-11, 14, 17-20, 23, 25-27, 29, 30, 32, 33, 40, 45) headed "Second and third issues of V. Blada's war sketches" and dated "London, July 30, 1864" were printed as lithographs., Tile and publication information from series at Brown University Library., Research file about artist available at repository., Accessioned 1935., RVCDC, Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021.
Creator: Volck, Adalbert John, 1828-1912, artist
Date: [1863]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Volck - Sketches - Volck 6 [2990.F.23]

Title: Fireman Zouaves, N.Y. St. Vol: Col. Ellsworth.
Description: Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War miscellanies., Cutout of a Civil War era paper soldier with a rifle leaning against his left shoulder.
Date: [ca. 1861-ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Soldiers [(2)5786.F.188i]

Title: French Zouaves, 55th Reg. Col. Le Gal.
Description: Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War miscellanies., Cutout of a Civil War era paper soldier knealing on one knee and holding a rifle in his hands.
Date: [ca. 1861-ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Soldiers [(2)5786.F.189e]

Title: "A guard of colored soldiers"
Description: Full-length group portrait depicting three African American Union soldiers, attired in uniform, standing with bayoneted Springfield rifle muskets and non-commissioned officer swords in hand. The soldiers include a sergeant (center left) who wears a regular belt plate, three chevrons on his sleeve, a kepi with a tarred cover, and a non-commissioned officer baldrick on his sword. The African American private (center) wears an infantry bugle and brass insignia on top of his kepi. The private (right) wears an unadorned kepi. In the left, is a white man soldier, probably a junior officer, attired in a great coat and slouch hat and holding possibly an 1850 foot officer's sword. Possibly soldiers from Camp William Penn, the African American training camp near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania., Title from manuscript note on recto., Name of photographer/publisher attributed from copy of photograph available in Hindman February 27, 2024 auction. Copy included revenue stamp and was stamped on verso: O.H. Willard's New Galleries, 1203 Chestnut St. No. [4485] Phl. Copy of listing included in Willard research file at repository., Date inferred from revenue stamp on verso of copy at Hindman auction, February 2024., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War views. McAllister Collection, gift, 1886., Description revised 2024 with information from 2024 Hindman auction listing., Access points revised 2024., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Creator: Willard, Oliver H., -1875
Date: [ca. 1864]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv portraits- group - Military [5779.F.3d]

Title: [Headquarters Lafayette - Headquarters Gen'l Porter. Farinholt's house and York River in the distance.]
Description: View from the Civil War showing the headquarters of General Lafayette and General Porter near Yorktown, Virginia during General McClellan's Campaign on the Peninsula. Depicts white Union soldiers, and African American men and a boy, probably freedom seekers, posed before Farinholt's dilapidated house supported by a large log. Several camp tents and the York River are seen in the background., Title from cdv photograph, Brady's Album Gallery, no. 370., Photographer given in Gardner catalogue (see LCP research file)., Date from copyright statement: Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1862, by Gardner & Gibson, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Columbia., During the Civil War, the U.S. government declared African American freedom seekers as "contraband of war.", Alexander Gardner was a respected photographer, businessman, and former manager of Mathew Brady's Washington, D.C. Gallery who produced the acclaimed "Photographic sketchbook of the Civil War.", Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War views. McAllister Collection, gift, 1886., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014., James F. Gibson was a prominent Civil War photographer and one-time manager of Mathew Brady's Washington, D.C. gallery who also provided images for photographer Alexander Gardner's "Catalogue of photographic incidences of the war..." and "Photographic sketchbook of the Civil War."
Creator: Gibson, James F., 1828-, photographer
Date: 1862
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Small Civil War Photograph Collection - stereos - identified photo. [5779.F.6h]

Title: Heroes of the colored race
Description: Print commemorating men prominent in and representative of the advancement of African American civil rights. Depicts a central vignette of bust-length portraits of ex-Senator Blanche Kelso Bruce of Mississippi, abolitionist Frederick Douglass, and ex-Senator Hiram Revels of Mississippi surrounded by four scenes of pre- and post-Civil War African American life. Includes two titled scenes, "Receiving the News of the Emancipation" depicting an older African American man, two women, and children celebrating, and "Studying the Lesson" depicting an African American man teacher instructing a classroom of children. Adorning the borders of the central vignette are a portrait of John Brown flanked by a horn of plenty and school books, and an eagle holding American flags embellished with portraits of Abraham Lincoln, James Garfield, and Ulysses S. Grant. Other scenes depict enslaved African American men and women picking cotton and African American Civil War soldiers fighting a battle. Includes corner portraits of African American legislators John R. Lynch of Mississippi, Joseph H. Rainey of South Carolina, Robert Smalls of South Carolina, and Charles E. Nash of Louisiana., Lib. Company. Annual report, 1975, p. 60-61., Gift of Gordon Colket, 1975., Reaccessioned as P.9615., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Date: 1881
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **GC - African American Heroes [8140.F]

Title: Jeff. Davis., the compromiser, in a tight place
Description: Cartoon expressing Northern exasperation with Jefferson Davis's attempt to negotiate for peace in 1865. Depicts Davis being slammed between the doors of the "United States Senate" by Uncle Sam and an armed Zouave soldier. Davis carrying on his back a bundle of "Compromise Goods. Latest Styles" begs the unsympathetic soldier to let him alone as Uncle Sam holding a noose declares that Davis has cheated him too often and deserves execution. In the left, an African American man, portrayed in racist caricature, holds a "Trinkets" box and says in the vernacular, "It pears to me, Massa Davis bring his goods to de wrong market dis time. All de better for cullored folks, Yah! Yah!", Title from item., Date of publication supplied by Weitenkampf., McAllister Collection, gift, 1886., RVCDC, Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Date: [1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Political Cartoons - 1865-1W [5795.F.a]

Title: National Zouaves, N.Y. St. Vol: Col. McChesney.
Description: Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War miscellanies., Cutout of a Civil War era paper soldier holding a bayonet in his left hand.
Date: [ca. 1861-ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Soldiers [(2)5786.F.186e]

Title: National Zouaves, N.Y. St. Vol: Col. McChesney.
Description: Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War miscellanies., Cutout of a Civil War era paper soldier holding a bayonet in his left hand.
Date: [ca. 1861-ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Soldiers [(2)5786.F.188h]

Title: [New York and Vermont soldiers.]
Description: Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War miscellanies., Cutout of four Civil War era paper soldiers from different regiments in New York and Vermont. Includes a soldier from the 1st German Rifle Regiment in New York, led by Colonel Blenker; a soldier from the 9th Regiment in New York, led by Colonel Stiles; a United Turner Rifles soldier led by Colonel M. Weber; and a soldier from the Green Mountain Boys of Vermont.
Date: [ca. 1861-ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Soldiers [(2)5786.F.184c]

Title: New York Fire-Brigade-Zouaves.
Description: Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War miscellanies., Cutout of five Civil War era paper soldiers marching with a drum, a flag, and their rifles.
Date: [ca. 1861-ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Soldiers [(2)5786.F.186b]

Title: [New York soldiers.]
Description: Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War miscellanies., Cutout of four Civil War era paper soldiers representing different regiments. Includes a soldier from the Highland Guard, 79th Regt., L. Col. Elliott; soldier from the 69th Regiment, N.Y. St. Mil: Col. Corchoran; soldier from the Irish Zouaves, Capt Francis Meagher; and a solder from the Steuben Guard, N.Y. St. Vol: Col. Bendix.
Date: [ca. 1861-ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Soldiers [(2)5786.F.189a]

Title: [New York Zouaves.]
Description: Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War miscellanies., Cutout of three Civil War era paper soldiers. They all have bayonets propped against their right shoulders.
Date: [ca. 1861-ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Soldiers [(2)5786.F.189g]

Title: New York Zouaves.
Description: Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War miscellanies., Cutout of four Civil War era paper soldiers marching and carrying a bayonet. a flag, a drum, and a sword.
Date: [ca. 1861-ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Soldiers [(2)5786.F.184d]

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