Searching for Arms. Searching for Arms. Etching: 1 p. Depiction of Union soldiers searching for hidden arms in a family's home. A mother and child cower in the window curtains while the officer, who has a bottle hidden in his coat, brandishes a small U.S. flag at them. The father of the family fights soldiers at the door. View Item
Enlistment of Sickles' Brigade, N.Y. Enlistment of Sickles' Brigade, N.Y. Etching: 1 p. Colonel Sickles stands outside a liquor store in Five Points, New York City, enlisting men from the surrounding crowd, including drunks, pickpockets, simpletons, and African Americans. A Mrs. Higby hands out free pipes to the newly enlisted men, "for the noble saviors of their country." View Item