Collection: Illustrated Newspaper Clippings, 1840-1917 / Date: 1860-11 / Media Type: Images - Lowcountry Digital Library Catalog Search Search Results

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1. Illustrations from the Civil War in the United States

Illustrations from the Civil War in the United States

Date:: 1860-11
Description:: Illustrations from a book chapter about the causes of the Civil War. The first illustration is captioned 'Reception at Charleston, S.C., of the news of the election of Lincoln and Hamlin, November, 1860.' On the verso, the top page illustration is a portrait of Jefferson Davis. The bottom illustrations are the Palmetto Flag of South Carolina and the 'Stars and Bars', the first official flag of the Confederacy.