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Promoting the Union Cause

Military Portraits, Map of the Seat of War, Uniforms, Arms, etc.
Edward S. Hall
Military Portraits, Map of the Seat of War, Uniforms, Arms, etc.
New York: H.H. Lloyd, 1861
Geography & Map Division
Copyright deposit, 1862 (42C.1)

Published in New York City, this combination poster-map prominently displays portraits of the major Union officers at the beginning of the Civil War. It also illustrates various regimental uniforms, and provides a map of the seat of the war in the western border states. In a plea to patriotism and the Union cause, the title-block prominently displays the American flag; employs the colors of red, white, and blue; and portrays a soldier and a flag subduing a snake labeled "secession" and "treason."

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