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"Defender of the Stars and Stripes: a Nation mourns thy loss. A Nation's Tears thy Memory shall bedew."

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dc.contributor DigitalGeorgetown
dc.contributor Manuscripts Collection, Georgetown University Library, Booth Family Center for Special Collections, Washington, D.C.
dc.date 1861
dc.date.accessioned 2022-05-20T07:21:49Z
dc.date.available 2022-05-20T07:21:49Z
dc.identifier cwe image #169
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10822/550660
dc.identifier.uri http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/117431
dc.description Lady Liberty grieving at the grave of Col. Ellsworth. A federal shield lies atop the grave, which might be a classical reference. Spartans were expected come back with their shield (victorious) or on their shield (dead). Ellsworth was killed after taking down a Confederate flag during the occupation of Alexandria, Virginia. Ellsworth was a close friend of Abraham Lincoln. Designed and published by J.E. Hayes, Boston" appears below the image."
dc.description Illustrated Civil War envelopes with patriotic symbols, slogans and cartoons, mostly Northern, including a few Southern ones.
dc.format Patriotic envelopes
dc.format 48541 bytes
dc.format image
dc.format image/jpeg
dc.language en_US
dc.relation Roosevelt Civil War Envelopes Collection ; page 45, image 2
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dc.subject United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
dc.subject United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865
dc.subject Covers (Philately) -- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
dc.subject Envelopes (Stationary)
dc.subject Cachets (Philately)
dc.subject Patriotism -- United States
dc.subject Ellsworth, E. E. (Elmer Ephraim), 1837-1861
dc.subject Federal shield
dc.subject Liberty
dc.subject Zouave
dc.subject United States Civil War
dc.subject US Civil War
dc.subject Patriotic envelopes
dc.subject Lady Liberty
dc.subject Grave
dc.subject J.E. Hayes
dc.subject Boston
dc.title "Defender of the Stars and Stripes: a Nation mourns thy loss. A Nation's Tears thy Memory shall bedew."
dc.title Roosevelt Civil War Envelopes Collection
dc.title War envelopes, 1861
dc.type Ephemera
dc.DataProvider Georgetown University Library


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