Photographic reproduction of a caricature of Union General Ambrose Burnside. Shows the general as a baby Hercules declaring "Order 38. No nonsense allowed in my department" as he strongholds a clutch of "Copperhead" snakes, i.e. Peace Democrats and a serpent with the face of a man, probably prominent Ohio Peace Democrat, Clement Vallandingham. Order no. 38, which forbade the declaration of sympathy for the enemy, was issued in April 1863 while Burnside was Commander in the Department of Ohio., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of humorous caricatures and photographs., Created postfreeze., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Date
[ca. 1863]
Location
Library Company of Philadephia | Print Department cdv - miscellaneous - Civil War - Caricatures & cartoons [5780.F.58e]
