Tag Archives: Northern propaganda

Scalped?

“Beauty and Booty”, “ruthless tyrant’s march”, “Hessians”. So far the South has found lots of ways to put down the North and strike a little extra fear into the hearts of Southerners as the Union army invades. 150 years ago … Continue reading

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Bedroom Politics

This cartoon was published in the May 31, 1862 issue of Harper’s Weekly, which you can read at Son of the South. I think the cartoonist might be lampooning Confederate politicians for thinking about fleeing Virginia as the Union armies … Continue reading

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