Unknown [Unionist epitaph for the Confederacy]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06056 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Broadside Date: 9 April 1865 Pagination: 1 p. ; 17.6 x 22.1 cm. Order a Copy
Large card printed on white glossy cardstock. Printed by James B. Rodgers at 52 & 54 North Sixth Street in Philadelphia. Dated the day of Lee's surrender. Says "Died near the south-side rail road, on Sunday, April 9, 1865, The Southern Confederacy, aged four years, conceived in sin, born in iniquity, nurtured by tyranny, died of a chronic attack of punch." Based on content and tone, this card probably pre-dates Lincoln's assassination.
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