![[Civil War envelope showing eagle with American flag attacking 7-star Confederate flag]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMDUvY2l2aWwtd2FyLWVudmVsb3BlLXNob3dpbmctZWFnbGUtd2l0aC1hbWVyaWNhbi1mbGFnLWF0dGFja2luZy03LXN0YXItY29uZmVkZXJhdGUtNmY2NGUwLTEwMjQuanBn/320/198/jpg "[Civil War envelope showing eagle with American flag attacking 7-star Confederate flag]")
Related
![[Civil War envelope showing eagle with American flag as 7-star Confederate flag is hit by lightning with message "Doom of the traitors flag"]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTIvMDkvY2l2aWwtd2FyLWVudmVsb3BlLXNob3dpbmctZWFnbGUtd2l0aC1hbWVyaWNhbi1mbGFnLWFzLTctc3Rhci1jb25mZWRlcmF0ZS1mbGFnLTZlNTA0Zi02NDAuanBn/40/26/webp "[Civil War envelope showing eagle with American flag as 7-star Confederate flag is hit by lightning with message \"Doom of the traitors flag\"]")
![[Civil War envelope showing eagle with American flag in talon attacking serpent with 7-star Confederate flag]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDUvY2l2aWwtd2FyLWVudmVsb3BlLXNob3dpbmctZWFnbGUtd2l0aC1hbWVyaWNhbi1mbGFnLWluLXRhbG9uLWF0dGFja2luZy1zZXJwZW50LWEwYTJmZi02NDAuanBn/40/24/webp "[Civil War envelope showing eagle with American flag in talon attacking serpent with 7-star Confederate flag]")
![[Civil War envelope showing eagle with shield above American flags]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTkvY2l2aWwtd2FyLWVudmVsb3BlLXNob3dpbmctZWFnbGUtd2l0aC1zaGllbGQtYWJvdmUtYW1lcmljYW4tZmxhZ3MtODQwNjE3LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/24/webp "[Civil War envelope showing eagle with shield above American flags]")
![[Civil War envelope showing American flag with message "The star spangled banner, the flag we fight under"]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMDUvY2l2aWwtd2FyLWVudmVsb3BlLXNob3dpbmctYW1lcmljYW4tZmxhZy13aXRoLW1lc3NhZ2UtdGhlLXN0YXItc3BhbmdsZWQtYmFubmVyLWFlNjlkNy02NDAuanBn/40/24/webp "[Civil War envelope showing American flag with message \"The star spangled banner, the flag we fight under\"]")
![[Civil War envelope showing Union soldier with flag and sword trampling the Confederate flag]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTIvMDEvY2l2aWwtd2FyLWVudmVsb3BlLXNob3dpbmctdW5pb24tc29sZGllci13aXRoLWZsYWctYW5kLXN3b3JkLXRyYW1wbGluZy10aGUtNzUxOTQwLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/23/webp "[Civil War envelope showing Union soldier with flag and sword trampling the Confederate flag]")
![[Civil War envelope showing American flags with eagle and stars above with message "Union and Constitution"]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMjIvY2l2aWwtd2FyLWVudmVsb3BlLXNob3dpbmctYW1lcmljYW4tZmxhZ3Mtd2l0aC1lYWdsZS1hbmQtc3RhcnMtYWJvdmUtd2l0aC1tZXNzYWdlLTZhNWM2Mi02NDAuanBn/40/23/webp "[Civil War envelope showing American flags with eagle and stars above with message \"Union and Constitution\"]")
[Civil War envelope showing eagle with American flag attacking 7-star Confederate flag]
Summary
Addressed to Thomas Wood, Penningtonville, Chester Co., Pa.; postmarked by hand; bears 3 cent stamp.
Notations on front: Prairie Pond, Ill., Jan. 13th, 1864; ans. Feb. 12th 64; broken leg [?] 12; 1-2 mo. in [?] 10; S. J. Reynold, Ill.
Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105).
Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress).
pp/liljmem
Tags
Date
01/01/1861
Location
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on publication.
