Buying a Substitute in the North during the War. Buying a Substitute in the North during the War. Etching: 1 p. A depiction of well dressed man attempting to pay another man to take his place in the Union army draft. All those selling themselves are smokers, drunkards, card players, or ragamuffins. A sign on the door advertises: "Substitutes for sale. Supply of able bodied men always on hand." View Item
Marylanders Crossing the Potomac to Join the Southern Army. Marylanders Crossing the Potomac to Join the Southern Army. Etching: 1 p. Four men cross a river in a rowboat stocked with guns and barrels. They seem to be fleeing a fort on one side of the river which is firing at them. View Item
Counterfeit Confederate Notes Publicly Offered for Sale in the "City of Brotherly Love." Counterfeit Confederate Notes Publicly Offered for Sale in the "City of Brotherly Love." Etching: 1 p. Philadelphia shop selling counterfeit Confederate money to well dressed men. An American flag hangs in the store, which is next to a "Bible house." View Item
Smuggling Medicines into the South. Smuggling Medicines into the South. Etching: 1 p. Men secretly load a rowboat with barrels, boxes, bundles of medicine. View Item
A lady visitor, come to see the sights at the camp. A lady visitor, come to see the sights at the camp. Drawing: Graphite, ink and watercolor on paper; 5 5/8 x 6 1/4 in. A woman wearing a bonnet and a man wearing a top hat talk with two men. A prisoner sits on the ground, picking lice from his shirt. Woman: 'Good Gracious me! I came to see the sights and I have seen them.' Man: 'Yes Madam. He's fighting under the black flag, he don't show no quaters.' Other man: 'Hello Bill! Where did you raise these fine breed of animals.' Prisoner: 'Go to the devil, I'm bothered enough with these lice, without you all coming here.' View Item
[Zouave and alligator sketches] (verso). [Zouave and alligator sketches] (verso). Drawing: Graphite on grey paper. 7 7/16 x 9 15/16 in. Inscribed and signed at left vertically: 'In Charge of the Provost Marshall / Leut Lumley.' View Item
Caricature of man' s head (verso). Caricature of man' s head (verso). Drawing: Graphite on two sheets of ivory paper. 19 3/4 x 5 in. Sketch of the head of a man wearing a hat and collar. A description of the recto is inscribed at upper center: 'Portion of the New Fortifications on Hilton Head S.C. / and view of some of the encampments--/ Sketch'd Jan 4th / 62' View Item
'Don't see it.' 'Don't see it.' Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/4 in. Two bedraggled country-gentlemen are talking to each other. Cream envelope with red and black ink. Image on left side, and address form is on the right side. Printed below image: 'Don't see it.' Printed to right of image: 'Mr. / Regt., Co. Capt. / State Volunteers, / Com'ding, Camp.' View Item
The Southerner as He Was. The Southerner as He Was. Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 3/8 in. A stereotypical version of the Southern gentleman, with large hat, smoking with a drink on the table, sitting outside. Cream envelope with red and black ink. Image on left side. Printed below image: 'The Southerner as He Was.' View Item