Detail View: Civil War Postal Covers : Southern Chivalry

Filename: 
Southern Chivalry
Title: 
Southern Chivalry
Subject: 
Postal covers
Subject: 
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Description: 
A postal cover with two faces showing differing expressions. First one is plump and happy; printed below it: 'One of the 'Southern Chivalry' after / reading the Southern account of the terror / stricken North.' The second face is utterly shocked; printed below it: 'After reading Presid't Lincoln's Message, / calling for $400,000,000 and 400,000 men.' Printed vertically at left: 'D. Murphy's Son, Print. 65 Fulton & 372 Pearl sts. N. Y.'
Date: 
1861-1865
Format: 
Printed envelope, 3 x 5.5 inches, cream envelope with blue ink.
Rights: 
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