Image: An eagle, facing left, grasps a red, white, and blue Union shield in its talons., Verse 1620: Our Emblem., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Image: A woman wearing a red, white and blue dress sits with an upraised Union flag in her right arm, and a Union shield in her left hand. An eagle sits nearby., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Image: An African American man, sitting outdoors at a table. Food, possibly a loaf of bread, and a knife sit on the table untouched., Verse 2174: The innocent cause of the war., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Image: An eagle, facing left, stands near a Union flag. A locomotive emerges on the left side of the eagle and a ship is visible to the right., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Image: On the left hand side of the envelope a soldier and a sailor talk. A cannon and anchor sit nearby, and a flag flies from the main mast of a ship in the background. On the right hand side of the envelope is a bird's eye view of Philadelphia., Verse 1711: Philadelphia., Caption: Key Stone State Soldiers "MOTTO," We live for the Union, We die for the Union, We uphold the Union., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Image: Depicts an African American man's feet., Verse 1861: Secession's moving foundation. Tendency due North - via "Monroe"., Verse 2239: The "Peculiar Institution"., Caption: Negro-- Dis Child is a real Union niggar, and no mistake., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Image: George Washington has one foot on an artillery carriage. With a sword in his right hand, he points with his left hand., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Image: Jefferson Davis stands with a cloth over his head looking through a camera that is mounted on a tripod. He is photographing the Capitol in Washington., Verse 1129: Jeff Davis "taking" Washington., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Image: Depicts two scenes, one on top of the other. The top scene equates Virginia in 1776 to obedient children gathered and listening attentively to their mother. The bottom image depicts Virginia in 1861 as disobedient and morally corrupt, with children smoking, gambling, stealing, and waving the Confederate flag without the supervision of their drunk mother., Verse 2648: Virginia in 1776 / Virginia in 1861., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Image: Two images appear on the envelope, the left side depicts a winged angel with the Union flag. The image on the right side shows a grinning devil figure with horns holding onto the state seal of Mississippi. Inside the seal, an eagle grasps a shield bearing the stars and stripes., Caption: Mississippi., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Image: Depicts a horses head one way, and Jefferson Davis's head if flipped over., Verse 1099: "Jeff Davis after the Government," "The Government after Jeff Davis", Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Image: Four Union soldiers flank the bust portraits of George McClellan and Benjamin Prentiss., Verse 764: Gen. Prentiss., Verse 1328: Maj. Gen. McClellan., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Image: Ornamental border depicting a Union flag, two soldiers and two profile portraits of a Native American man's face. Includes dotted lines for address., Verse 634: Forever float that standard-sheet!, Verse 1680: Our Union Volunteers., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Image: Two African American men rest indolently on a pile of cotton bales on a horse-drawn cart. Another man walks with a whip next to the cart., Verse 152: Away down South in Dixie., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Image: Union and Confederate soldiers face one another and are lined up for battle., Verse 453: Contraband Barricade. Come and get your property., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Verse: Thou mischief making child of evil, Your dirty work has pleased the devil; you've broke our glorious nation up, Go now, and drain the bitter cup., Caption: Massachusetts, Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Image: An African American woman, with a bundle slung over her shoulder, runs behind a little boy. Secession is equated to runaway slaves., Verse 1840: Secession., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Image: Depicts two scenes, the left hand side shows Lady Liberty standing with the Union flag and shield, and a Native American woman sitting at her side. The right hand side of the envelope depicts an exterior view of the U.S. Patent Office in Washington, D.C., Verse 2627: U.S. Patent Office., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Image: The print side of the paper faces the inside of the envelope, leaving the outside blank., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Image: Racist caricature showing an African American man smoking and dancing in celebration. of Alludes to the U.S. policy that declared fugitive slaves as contraband of war., Verse 1060: I'se just "seceshed" from Ole Massa, Yah, Yah, Yah!, Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Image: Depicts three densely packed gunboats that are transporting soldiers down the Mississippi River., Verse 2631: U.S. Troops descending the Mississippi, escorted by Gunboat., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Image: Bird's eye view of Washington, D.C., showing a partial view of the Washington Monument and the Capitol building in the distance., Verse 1698: Panorama of Washington, D.C., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Image: Depicts the symbol of the Signal Corps, a military branch that developed and tested communication equipment, and was founded in 1860 by United States Army Major Albert J. Myer. The symbol uses a torch in the center of two crossed flags., Verse 2601: United States Signal Corps, Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Image: Two minute figures of soldiers in uniform are in the upper left hand corner., Caption: The Soldiers' Letter, and Officers' Message Blanks. Designed for use in the field or camp. The Card can be held in the hand while Writing. Expressly adapted for the pencil. Two cards will contain as much as a sheet of paper.Three Cards and an Envelope require but one Stamp., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Image: Two African American men celebrate secession by playing instruments, one of them a bagpipe, the other unidentified., Verse 2247: The playing out of Secession., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Image: George Washington sits on a rearing horse on a platform labeled "Union". The American flag is upraised behind him., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Image: Lincoln as an alchemist, wearing the red, white and blue of the Union, dips into the "Pure Refined National Elixir of Liberty" at his feet. Posters for other Union pharmaceutical remedies cover the walls., See D. D. Berolzheimer's description of envelope in Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, January, 1949., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Image: Depicts nine soldiers posing in front of a tent. One soldier sits on a horse in the background., Verse 287: Camp Scene, from photograph., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Image: A sailor stands holding a Union flag with both hands. Surrounding him are symbols of his trade, including an anchor, a barrel, and masts of a ship. A woman sits at his feet and leans against a cornucopia., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Image: A woman stands in a kitchen rolling dough. Containers, jars, and a knife sit on the counter nearby., Verse 1003: If I cannot fight, I can feed those who do., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Image: Retribution scene depicting Jefferson Davis standing on a stool, with a rope wrapped around his neck. An African American man leaves Davis and walks with a bundle slung over his shoulder away from the scene., Verse 1185: Judas vile betrayed his master, I betrayed fair Liberty. We meet the same end of high treason, and dangle from the same high tree. Massa Davis, what a figure, you will cut upon that swing. I'd sooner be the poorest Nigger, den the whitest "Cotton King.", Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Image: An eagle, facing right, grasps a banner in its talons, above an open, human eye., Verse 2374: The Union of States none can sever., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Image: Congressman, Governor of Virginia, and Confederate Brigadier General, Henry A. Wise, is depicted with a swollen, pregnant-looking stomach, with scope to his eye. Camp tents are visible behind him., Verse 228: Brigadier General, the honorable Henry A. Wise, of Virginia, (The individual who thanked God that his constituents did not read the newspapers,) taking sight of the Northern Mudsills., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Image: Depicts a pair of unlocked, old-fashioned handcuffs., Verse 438: Confederate Bonds., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Image: An African American man, dressed awkwardly in ill-fitting armor, wears a saucepan on his head and carries a bottle in his right hand. "C.S.A." is written on his belt., Verse 25: A king for the south, they want a King down South--King Dahomey sends Prince Sauce-pan of the royal blood--this is his nigger-otype--from life.--, Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Image: Depicts "Southern Lion" J.D. - Jefferson Davis - on his hands and knees in an enclosed circus cage. A former slave pokes Jefferson Davis with a stick., Verse 1943: Southern Menagerie/Stiring him up., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Image: Before and after scenes, showing fighting Union and Confederate soldiers, who eventually end up together blanketed under the Union flag. An angel watches over the scene. In the after scene a female African American doll is awkwardly discarded on the floor, and not included under the Union blanket., Verse 146: As it is/As it will be/God watche's over them., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Image: An African American man holds a basket of cotton in a field., Verse 462: Cotton is king, but de crop's small dis year, dat's sure., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Image: Two cavalrymen are talking in the foreground. They are surrounded by wounded soldiers on the field. The battle continues on in the right background. A town is visible in the right background., Verse 163: Battle at Newbern, N.C., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Image: Two Union flags and cannons flank the Massachusetts state seal. The seal centers around an Algonquin Native American. A white star with five points appears next to the figure's head, signifying the state's admission as the 6th US State. A blue ribbon surrounds the shield, bearing the state motto "Ense Petit Placidam Sub Libertate Quietem." Includes the state military crest: a bent arm holding a broadsword aloft., Caption: Massachusetts. The War for the Union., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Image: Depicts an upside-down Confederate flag., Verse 1389: May emblems of traitors, ever scurvy, be forever topsy-turvy., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Image: Lady Liberty wears a blue and white star-patterned top and a red and white striped skirt and is seated next to a pedestal displaying the phrase "Loyal to the Union State of New Hampshire." Her body is turned to the right, showing only a profile of her body. In her left hand is a pole carrying the Liberty cap. She holds aloft a seal very similar to the state seal of New Hampshire in her right hand. It depicts a ship on stocks, and people on the shore in the foreground., Caption: Loyal to the Union / State of New Hampshire., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Image: Shows conversation about the war between two African American slaves, who are depicted with hoes., Verse 1814: Sam? Whar Massa Jeffs sogers dis morning? Why dey lost dey Ferry & now dey has gone to Win-chess-ter., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Image: Four Union soldiers flank the bust portraits of George McClellan and Lewis Blenker., Verse 746: Gen. L. Blenker., Verse 1328: Maj. Gen. McClellan., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Image: Depicts a ship at sea. The Union flag hangs near the masthead of the mainmast., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Image: A sailor stands with Union symbols, including a flag, shield, cannon balls, and an eagle. Includes part of a carronade(?), Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Image: An African American man stands shoeless near a dresser polishing a pair of shoes. Massa Butler refers to Benjamin Butler, who started the contraband policy that banned soldiers from returning runaway slaves to their owners once they crossed Union lines., Verse 241: By golly Massa Butler. I like dis better dan workin' in de field for ole Sesesh massa.", Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
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
