[Arkansas handout supporting the Confederacy]

GLC02967

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GLC#
GLC02967
Type
Documents
Date
circa 1861
Title
[Arkansas handout supporting the Confederacy]
Place Written
s.l.
Pagination
1 badge Height: 11.7 cm, Width: 7.7 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Possibly a secession handout created in Arkansas. Consists of a color print of a man climbing a flagpole displaying a United States flag; the motto "We have nailed our colors to the mast," evoking a nautical term signifying defiance; the state seal of Arkansas, with the original state motto "Regnant Populi" ("The People Rule)." The eleven stars on the flag suggest this may post-date Tennessee's July 2, 1861 admission to the Confederacy, but pre-date the admission of Missouri and Kentucky at the end of the year.

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