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![[Civil War envelope showing Columbia with American flag, laurel wreath, eagle, and cannon with message "Liberty and Union"]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMTYvY2l2aWwtd2FyLWVudmVsb3BlLXNob3dpbmctY29sdW1iaWEtd2l0aC1hbWVyaWNhbi1mbGFnLWxhdXJlbC13cmVhdGgtZWFnbGUtNTRkODk2LTEwMjQuanBn/320/185/jpg "[Civil War envelope showing Columbia with American flag, laurel wreath, eagle, and cannon with message \"Liberty and Union\"]")
![[Civil War envelope showing fugitive slaves working as sappers and miners with General Benjamin Butler, bearing message "Contraband of war"]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjUvY2l2aWwtd2FyLWVudmVsb3BlLXNob3dpbmctZnVnaXRpdmUtc2xhdmVzLXdvcmtpbmctYXMtc2FwcGVycy1hbmQtbWluZXJzLXdpdGgtMzNlNDBmLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/23/webp "[Civil War envelope showing fugitive slaves working as sappers and miners with General Benjamin Butler, bearing message \"Contraband of war\"]")
![[Civil War envelope showing caricatures of Winfield Scott and Jefferson Davis as dogs and Washington, D.C., as a cut of meat, with message "Why don't you take it?"]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTgvY2l2aWwtd2FyLWVudmVsb3BlLXNob3dpbmctY2FyaWNhdHVyZXMtb2Ytd2luZmllbGQtc2NvdHQtYW5kLWplZmZlcnNvbi1kYXZpcy01ZmVkNmMtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/22/webp "[Civil War envelope showing caricatures of Winfield Scott and Jefferson Davis as dogs and Washington, D.C., as a cut of meat, with message \"Why don't you take it?\"]")
![[Civil War envelope showing American flags, eagle with laurel branches, and shield bearing message "Union and liberty"]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjUvY2l2aWwtd2FyLWVudmVsb3BlLXNob3dpbmctYW1lcmljYW4tZmxhZ3MtZWFnbGUtd2l0aC1sYXVyZWwtYnJhbmNoZXMtYW5kLXNoaWVsZC1kYzJmZjktNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/24/webp "[Civil War envelope showing American flags, eagle with laurel branches, and shield bearing message \"Union and liberty\"]")
![[Civil War envelope showing Columbia waving American flag and riding on the back of an eagle clutching arrows with message "Onward to victory"]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTIvMTMvY2l2aWwtd2FyLWVudmVsb3BlLXNob3dpbmctY29sdW1iaWEtd2F2aW5nLWFtZXJpY2FuLWZsYWctYW5kLXJpZGluZy1vbi10aGUtMDcxZGRjLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/23/webp "[Civil War envelope showing Columbia waving American flag and riding on the back of an eagle clutching arrows with message \"Onward to victory\"]")
![[Civil War envelope showing Columbia, eagle, shield, state seal of New York, and banner with message "New York loyal to the Union"]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDcvY2l2aWwtd2FyLWVudmVsb3BlLXNob3dpbmctY29sdW1iaWEtZWFnbGUtc2hpZWxkLXN0YXRlLXNlYWwtb2YtbmV3LXlvcmstYW5kLWYzZDEzYi02NDAuanBn/40/23/webp "[Civil War envelope showing Columbia, eagle, shield, state seal of New York, and banner with message \"New York loyal to the Union\"]")
![[Civil War envelope showing Columbia with flag, Massachusettsachusetts state seal, and Phrygian cap bearing message "Loyal to the Union"]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMTIvY2l2aWwtd2FyLWVudmVsb3BlLXNob3dpbmctY29sdW1iaWEtd2l0aC1mbGFnLW1hc3NhY2h1c2V0dHMtc3RhdGUtc2VhbC1hbmQtYjFhMmFlLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/24/webp "[Civil War envelope showing Columbia with flag, Massachusettsachusetts state seal, and Phrygian cap bearing message \"Loyal to the Union\"]")
![[Civil War envelope showing Columbia and American flag with message "Columbia, Columbia, to glory arise"]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMjIvY2l2aWwtd2FyLWVudmVsb3BlLXNob3dpbmctY29sdW1iaWEtYW5kLWFtZXJpY2FuLWZsYWctd2l0aC1tZXNzYWdlLWNvbHVtYmlhLWIyYjdhYi02NDAuanBn/40/23/webp "[Civil War envelope showing Columbia and American flag with message \"Columbia, Columbia, to glory arise\"]")
![[Civil War envelope showing Columbia with American flag bearing message "For the Union" and state seal of Maryland]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTIvMDQvY2l2aWwtd2FyLWVudmVsb3BlLXNob3dpbmctY29sdW1iaWEtd2l0aC1hbWVyaWNhbi1mbGFnLWJlYXJpbmctbWVzc2FnZS1mb3ItNmY0NGFjLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/24/webp "[Civil War envelope showing Columbia with American flag bearing message \"For the Union\" and state seal of Maryland]")
