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Yankee volunteers marching into Dixie / J.H. Bufford's lith., Boston.

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Yankee volunteers marching into Dixie / J.H. Bufford's lith., Boston.

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Music cover showing a patriotic but fanciful portrayal of Union forces marching on the South at the opening of the Civil War. Led by a blue-uniformed officer with a drawn sword, a large troop of men march forward. All are dressed in the large white top hats, striped pantaloons, and jack boots characteristic of Yankee character Brother Jonathan. In the background, to the north, is the Potomac River and, beyond, the Washington skyline with the Capitol building.
Entered . . . 1862 by C.F. Morse . . . Mass.
John H. Bufford's, Lith. Boston.
The Library's impression of the print was deposited for copyright on January 27, 1862, and received in the State Department on July 17 the same year.
Title appears as it is written on the item.
Published in: American political prints, 1766-1876 / Bernard F. Reilly. Boston : G.K. Hall, 1991, entry 1862-1.

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01/01/1862
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J.H. Bufford's Lithographic Establishment, lithographer
Bufford, John Henry, 1810-1870.
Morse, C. F.
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