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Preferred Citation:

Civil War Carciature Postal Covers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, The College of William and Mary.

Acquisition Information:

Purchase

Scope and Contents

Collection of eight unused illustrated postal covers. Each with a wood engraving, printed in red or black, and satirizing the Confederate leadership or military as seen from the Union point of view.

Related Material

Civil War Collection, Swem Library, The College of William and Mary

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
• Wood engravings (prints)