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Why dont you take it?, Confederate States of America.

Why dont you take it?, Confederate States of America.

In February 1861 Washington was alarmed by rumors that secessionists planned to seize the city and make it the capital of the Confederacy. The print may have been produced in that context, or during Lincoln's c... More

The old general ready for a "movement."

The old general ready for a "movement."

Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

George Brinton McClellan Papers: Letterbooks and Telegram Books, 1852-1862; Extracts of letters to wife, 1861-1862
George Brinton McClellan Papers: Notebooks, 1842-1885; European military systems; 1855, Nov. 7-1856, May 6
The Sun, [newspaper]. April 27th, 1865.
[General Scott giving orders to his aides for the advance of the Grand Army]

[General Scott giving orders to his aides for the advance of the Grand...

Sketch of the general and three officers gathered around a table. Title devised. Published in: New York Illustrated News, July 22, 1861, p. 180. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.738) Reference print av... More

[General Scott giving orders to his aides for the advance of the Grand Army]

[General Scott giving orders to his aides for the advance of the Grand...

Sketch of the general and three officers gathered around a table. Title devised. Published in: New York Illustrated News, July 22, 1861, p. 180. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.738) Reference print av... More

Major Genl. Winfield Scott / Wood pinxt. ; Edwin sc.

Major Genl. Winfield Scott / Wood pinxt. ; Edwin sc.

Print shows Winfield Scott, half-length portrait, facing slightly right, holding sword at right side, left hand in coat, wearing military uniform. Winfield Scott was stationed in Buffalo during the invasion of ... More

Capture of Fort George (Col. Winfield Scott leading the attack) / Chappel.

Capture of Fort George (Col. Winfield Scott leading the attack) / Chap...

Print shows American soldiers storming the gate at Fort George, Ontario.

Why don't you take it? - Drawing. Public domain image.

Why don't you take it? - Drawing. Public domain image.

Two other versions, no imprint. Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A council of war in '61. [Hall and Perine engraving]

A council of war in '61. [Hall and Perine engraving]

At the President's house Washington, D. C. President Lincoln and members of his cabinet in council with Lieut. Gen. Scott and prominent officers of the Army.

Headquarters of Genr. Scott [... 616 Seventeenth Street, Washington, D.C.]

Headquarters of Genr. Scott [... 616 Seventeenth Street, Washington, D...

Public domain historic photograph of Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Loyal Americans, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Loyal Americans, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Print shows Abraham Lincoln, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right, in oval, surrounded by bust portraits of members of his cabinet, as well as four military officers. Clockwise, from top: "Gen. Scott, H. H... More

[Winfield Scott, head-and-shoulders portrait, three-quarters to the left, in military uniform]

[Winfield Scott, head-and-shoulders portrait, three-quarters to the le...

General, U.S. Army officer, Commander in chief. Scratched on back of plate: 429. Hallmark: 40 (corner trimmed obscuring hallmark). Identification from a lithograph by Francois d'Avignon, plate 9 in Charles Edwa... More

A contested seat, US Democratic party

A contested seat, US Democratic party

The artist anticipates a Whig victory in the 1852 presidential contest. The scene takes place in an interior, carpeted or tiled with a grid-and-star pattern. At left, Whig candidate Winfield Scott, in military ... More

Union generals / Mayer & Stetfield's lith. 97 State St.

Union generals / Mayer & Stetfield's lith. 97 State St.

Picryl description: Public domain image of an American Civil War, military forces and conflict, officer, uniform, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Old Fuss and Feathers - Public domain  drawing

Old Fuss and Feathers - Public domain drawing

(DLC/PP-1934:0109). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Memories of the Mexican War" by Mrs. La Salle Corbell Pickett, Delineator, 89:7 (Sept. 1916).

[Winfield Scott, head-and-shoulders portrait, head three-quarters to the right, eyes front, in civilian dress]

[Winfield Scott, head-and-shoulders portrait, head three-quarters to t...

General, U.S. Army officer, Commander in Chief. Scratched on face of plate: 146. Scratched on back of plate: 325. Hallmark: Rinhart 9. Possibly a copy of DAG no. 224. Facing the light / H. Pfister. Washington :... More

Winfield Scott, Lieut. General of U.S. Army designed & drawn on stone by O. Starck ; lithographed by Mayer & Stetfield

Winfield Scott, Lieut. General of U.S. Army designed & drawn on stone ...

Full-length portrait shows Winfield Scott in full uniform, riding a horse and waving his hat. After serving as general in chief of the U.S. Army at the start of the Civil War, Scott ended his long military care... More

The old general ready for a "movement"

The old general ready for a "movement"

Confident Union propaganda from the summer of 1861, claiming dominance over Confederate troops led by generals P. G. T. Beauregard and Gideon Pillow. Union commander Winfield Scott sits on a mound in the cente... More

George Brinton McClellan Papers: Correspondence I, 1783-1888; 1862; Mar. 13-16
George Brinton McClellan Papers: Correspondence I, 1783-1888; 1862; June 8-12
Funeral service over Colonel Ellsworth at the White House East Room

Funeral service over Colonel Ellsworth at the White House East Room

Title devised from inscription on verso. Inscribed below image: 8 [officer?], 9 Dr. Pyne, 6 Lincoln, 7 Seward; 1 General Scott, 2-3 General Officers, 4 Sumner, 5 Reporters, Sentries 71st reg. Gift, J.P. Morgan,... More

A bad egg. Fuss and feathers - Political cartoon, public domain image

A bad egg. Fuss and feathers - Political cartoon, public domain image

Whig presidential candidate Winfield Scott is pictured as a fighting cock with human attributes. The cock wears fringed military epaulets, a sword, spurs, and a plumed hat. He is just emerged from an egg marked... More

"When I wish to catch rats, I first stop their holes" - Gen'l Scott

"When I wish to catch rats, I first stop their holes" - Gen'l Scott

Print shows an anti-Confederacy cartoon advocating General Scott's blockade of the South, with Union ships in a circle outside Confederate centers labeled "Norfolk, Charleston, Savannah, Mississippi, Manassas G... More

Managing a candidate - Print, Library of Congress collection

Managing a candidate - Print, Library of Congress collection

A caustic portrayal of the abolitionist Whigs' manipulation of Winfield Scott during the 1852 campaign. Influential Whigs (left to right) New York "Times" editor Henry J. Raymond, "Tribune" editor Horace Greele... More

[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 caricatures of Winfield Scott and Jefferso...

Addressed to Mr. David F. Gorham, Mount Kisco, N.Y.; bears 3 cent stamp. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). pp/liljmem

[Winfield Scott, head-and-shoulders portrait, head three-quarters to the right, eyes front, in civilian dress]

[Winfield Scott, head-and-shoulders portrait, head three-quarters to t...

General, U.S. Army officer, Commander in Chief. DAG no. 325 is probably a copy of this image. Scratched on face of plate: 146; Gen. Scott. Written on back of plate: 224. Hallmark: Rinhart 9. Facing the light / ... More

A contested seat, US Democratic party

A contested seat, US Democratic party

The artist anticipates a Whig victory in the 1852 presidential contest. The scene takes place in an interior, carpeted or tiled with a grid-and-star pattern. At left, Whig candidate Winfield Scott, in military ... More

Why don't you take it? [Copy 2.]

Why don't you take it? [Copy 2.]

Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Civil War envelope showing portrait of Lieutenant General Winfield Scott in front of eagle and American flag banner with message "The right man in the right place!"]

[Civil War envelope showing portrait of Lieutenant General Winfield Sc...

Addressed to David Weir, 33 Gansevoort Stre[et], New York C[ity], New York; bears 3 cent stamp; postmarked in Baltimore, Jul. 30[?]. Entered according to act of Congress by Bloom & Smith, in 1861, in the Clerk... More

Why don't you take it? [Copy 3.]

Why don't you take it? [Copy 3.]

Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Scott statue, Scott Circle [Washington, D.C.]

Scott statue, Scott Circle [Washington, D.C.]

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Funeral service over Colonel Ellsworth at the White House East Room

Funeral service over Colonel Ellsworth at the White House East Room

Title devised from inscription on verso. Inscribed below image: 8 [officer?], 9 Dr. Pyne, 6 Lincoln, 7 Seward; 1 General Scott, 2-3 General Officers, 4 Sumner, 5 Reporters, Sentries 71st reg. Gift, J.P. Morgan,... More

Major General Winfield Scott. General in chief, United States Army

Major General Winfield Scott. General in chief, United States Army

Major General Winfield Scott, in foreground, on horseback, reviewing troops Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[U.S. Army and Cavalry officers in front of the U.S. Capitol Building] / A. Tholey.

[U.S. Army and Cavalry officers in front of the U.S. Capitol Building]...

A group portrait of thirteen officers in front of capitol with unf inished dome.

Managing a candidate - Print, Library of Congress collection

Managing a candidate - Print, Library of Congress collection

A caustic portrayal of the abolitionist Whigs' manipulation of Winfield Scott during the 1852 campaign. Influential Whigs (left to right) New York "Times" editor Henry J. Raymond, "Tribune" editor Horace Greele... More

Santa Anna declining a hasty plate of soup at Cerro Gordo

Santa Anna declining a hasty plate of soup at Cerro Gordo

An exultant view of Winfield Scott's second major victory in the Mexican War, at the Battle of Cerro Gordo, where Mexican commander Santa Anna beat an unceremonious retreat. In the mid-April victory Santa Anna'... More

Self-inflating pillow. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Self-inflating pillow. Book illustration from Library of Congress

American general Gideon J. Pillow's self-promoting attempts to discredit Mexican War commander Gen. Winfield Scott are ridiculed in this portrayal of Scott puncturing "Polk's Patent" pillow. Pillow's efforts we... More

The game-cock & the goose - Political cartoon, public domain image

The game-cock & the goose - Political cartoon, public domain image

A pro-Whig cartoon showing rival candidates Winfield Scott and Franklin Pierce in a race for the presidency in 1852 before an audience of animated spectators. Scott, in uniform and looking uncharacteristically... More

The poor soldier & his ticket for soup

The poor soldier & his ticket for soup

The presidential aspirations of Whig general Winfield Scott during the 1852 election are again belittled. Scott, in a tattered uniform and supporting himself on a crutch, extends his feathered cap toward the fi... More

George Brinton McClellan Papers: Correspondence I, 1783-1888; 1862; Sept. 16-22
Major General Winfield Scott. At Vera Cruz March 25, 1847

Major General Winfield Scott. At Vera Cruz March 25, 1847

Major General Winfield Scott, full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly right, pointing with his left hand. No. 468, no. 158. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI... More

White Mountains in labour - Political cartoon, public domain image

White Mountains in labour - Political cartoon, public domain image

The artist belittles the Democrats' relatively undistinguished choice for presidential nominee in 1852, Franklin Pierce. The cartoon is based on Aesop's fable about the mountain which, being in labor, groaned s... More

George Brinton McClellan Papers: Correspondence II, 1823-1898; 1864; Dec. 5-1865, Jan. 2
Lloyd's new political chart, 1861. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Lloyd's new political chart, 1861. American Civil War 1861-1865.

With a map of the United States showing the free states, border states, cotton states, and territories in different colors. Portrait of Washington in oval, flanked by battle scenes surmounting general text with... More

The meeting at Saratoga.  "Like boxers thus before the fight, their hands in friendship they unite"

The meeting at Saratoga. "Like boxers thus before the fight, their ha...

The second of two prints by "HD" portraying scenes from President Van Buren's visit to the resort at Saratoga Springs, New York, during the summer of 1839. (See also "The Cut Direct," no. 1839-3.) The satire co... More

Song for the Union - American Civil War sheet music

Song for the Union - American Civil War sheet music

Music associated with the Union side

"When I wish to catch rats, I first stop their holes" - Gen'l Scott

"When I wish to catch rats, I first stop their holes" - Gen'l Scott

Print shows an anti-Confederacy cartoon advocating General Scott's blockade of the South, with Union ships in a circle outside Confederate centers labeled "Norfolk, Charleston, Savannah, Mississippi, Manassas G... More

Major General Winfield Scott. At Vera Cruz March 25, 1847

Major General Winfield Scott. At Vera Cruz March 25, 1847

Major General Winfield Scott, full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly right, pointing with his left hand. No. 468, no. 158. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI... More

Ornithology - Engraving, Public domain image, Political Cartoon

Ornithology - Engraving, Public domain image, Political Cartoon

A mild election-year cartoon portraying Whig presidential candidate Winfield Scott (left) as a turkey and Democrat Franklin Pierce (right) as a gamecock. The two face each other from opposite sides of "Mason &... More

Our hero's of 1848 and 1865 - Public domain portrait print

Our hero's of 1848 and 1865 - Public domain portrait print

Woman symbolizing Liberty(?) standing between head-and-shoulders portraits of Ulysses S. Grant and Winfield Scott, surrounded by scenes of episodes of the Civil War. Copyright by Kimmel & Forster.

The meeting at Saratoga.  "Like boxers thus before the fight, their hands in friendship they unite"

The meeting at Saratoga. "Like boxers thus before the fight, their ha...

The second of two prints by "HD" portraying scenes from President Van Buren's visit to the resort at Saratoga Springs, New York, during the summer of 1839. (See also "The Cut Direct," no. 1839-3.) The satire co... More

Funeral service over Colonel Ellsworth at the White House East Room

Funeral service over Colonel Ellsworth at the White House East Room

Title devised from inscription on verso. Inscribed below image: 8 [officer?], 9 Dr. Pyne, 6 Lincoln, 7 Seward; 1 General Scott, 2-3 General Officers, 4 Sumner, 5 Reporters, Sentries 71st reg. Gift, J.P. Morgan,... More

Genl. Scott's grand entry into the city of Mexico, Sept. 14th, 1847

Genl. Scott's grand entry into the city of Mexico, Sept. 14th, 1847

Print shows General Winfield Scott, full-length portrait, seated on horseback, facing front, leading triumphant American troops into Mexico City during the Mexican War. Entered according to Act of Congress in t... More

American generals / Tanner, Vallance, Kearny & Co. sc.

American generals / Tanner, Vallance, Kearny & Co. sc.

Print shows a composite of bust portraits of American generals during the War of 1812, including Henry Dearborn, Winfield Scott, Andrew Jackson, William Henry Harrison, Jacob Brown, and Zebulon Pike.

President (C)ass beginning operations, losing no time

President (C)ass beginning operations, losing no time

Once again, Lewis Cass is attacked as a militaristic expansionist. (See "A War President," no. 1848-16.) His support during the 1846 Oregon boundary dispute of the expansionist 54 40' parallel and his War of 1... More

Harmony in the wigwam! Democracy of the right brand-y

Harmony in the wigwam! Democracy of the right brand-y

A comic scene ridiculing the Tammany Democrats of New York City. Tammany headquarters, known as the "Wigwam," here erupts in a drunken fracas over the Democratic platform for the presidential race of 1852. The ... More

Soliciting a vote - Political cartoon, public domain image

Soliciting a vote - Political cartoon, public domain image

A cynical view of party competition for the working man's vote in the presidential campaign of 1852. In a polling place, four candidates struggle to force their own election ticket on a short, uncouth-looking c... More

[Cartoon showing Uncle Sam and General McClellan standing before a playbill which reads: Every day this week onward to Richmond by a select company of star generals]

[Cartoon showing Uncle Sam and General McClellan standing before a pla...

Also shows Abraham Lincoln standing behind General Scott and next to Edwin M. Stanton, inscribed over them: War Department. Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Title devised. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.... More

Scott and his generals. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Scott and his generals. American Civil War 1861-1865.

21275 U.S. Copyright Office. General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Rogers, John, engrave... More

George Brinton McClellan Papers: Speech, Article, and Book File, 1864-1885; Books; McClellan's Own Story; Manuscript
[Winfield Scott, head-and-shoulders portrait, three-quarters to the left, in military uniform]

[Winfield Scott, head-and-shoulders portrait, three-quarters to the le...

General, U.S. Army officer, Commander in chief. Scratched on back of plate: 429. Hallmark: 40 (corner trimmed obscuring hallmark). Identification from a lithograph by Francois d'Avignon, plate 9 in Charles Edwa... More

[Winfield Scott, head-and-shoulders portrait, three-quarters to the left, in military uniform]

[Winfield Scott, head-and-shoulders portrait, three-quarters to the le...

General, U.S. Army officer, Commander in chief. Scratched on back of plate: 429. Hallmark: 40 (corner trimmed obscuring hallmark). Identification from a lithograph by Francois d'Avignon, plate 9 in Charles Edwa... More

The great American steeple chase for 1844

The great American steeple chase for 1844

An imaginative and elaborate parody on the upcoming 1844 presidential campaign. The artist favors Whig nominee-apparent Henry Clay and is highly critical of incumbent John Tyler. The "chase" for the presidency ... More

Major General Winfield Scott / engraved by T.B. Welch.

Major General Winfield Scott / engraved by T.B. Welch.

Print shows Winfield Scott, half-length portrait, facing slightly right, wearing military uniform. Inscribed below image: Very truly yours, Winfield Scott.

Quartette from the new opera of the "Whig celebration at Lundy's Lane." Tune "Will you come to the bower"

Quartette from the new opera of the "Whig celebration at Lundy's Lane....

Winfield Scott's controversial performance as commander in the War of 1812 battle at Lundy's Lane turned to account by the artist in this parody of the general's candidacy in 1852. The battle of Lundy's Lane ag... More

I am glad, I am out of the scrape!

I am glad, I am out of the scrape!

An optimistic Unionist boast, issued early in Lincoln's presidency, predicting the summary defeat of the Confederacy. Abraham Lincoln (at left) stands over the shield of the United States and a bald eagle, and ... More

Strike! ye sons of liberty! - American Civil War sheet music
George Brinton McClellan Papers: Miscellany, 1852-1885; Newspaper clippings

George Brinton McClellan Papers: Miscellany, 1852-1885; Newspaper clip...

Public domain scan of newspaper clippings. Free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

A bad egg. Fuss and feathers - Drawing. Public domain image.

A bad egg. Fuss and feathers - Drawing. Public domain image.

Whig presidential candidate Winfield Scott is pictured as a fighting cock with human attributes. The cock wears fringed military epaulets, a sword, spurs, and a plumed hat. He is just emerged from an egg marked... More

Old Fuss and Feathers - Public domain portrait drawing

Old Fuss and Feathers - Public domain portrait drawing

(DLC/PP-1934:0109). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Memories of the Mexican War" by Mrs. La Salle Corbell Pickett, Delineator, 89:7 (Sept. 1916).

George Brinton McClellan Papers: Correspondence I, 1783-1888; 1879, June 6-1880, July 15
George Brinton McClellan Papers: Correspondence I, 1783-1888; 1876, Oct. 28-1877, Mar. 22
George Brinton McClellan Papers: Financial Papers, 1842-1885; 1870-1885
George Brinton McClellan Papers: Correspondence I, 1783-1888; 1885, Oct. 30-1888, Feb. 1
George Brinton McClellan Papers: Correspondence I, 1783-1888; 1857, Jan. 1-1861, May 6
George Brinton McClellan Papers: Correspondence I, 1783-1888; 1877, Mar. 23-1878, June 15
George Brinton McClellan Papers: Notebooks, 1842-1885; Engineer's field book; 1853; Apr. 5-6
George Brinton McClellan Papers: Diaries, 1846-1884; McClellan, George B. (1826-1885); 1853, May 20-Dec. 16
George Brinton McClellan Papers: Military Papers, 1846-1862; Copies of orders to McClellan, 1853, Apr. 12-May 9
George Brinton McClellan Papers: Correspondence I, 1783-1888; 1861; Nov. 15-28
George Brinton McClellan Papers: Correspondence I, 1783-1888; 1861; June 22-25
George Brinton McClellan Papers: Correspondence I, 1783-1888; 1862; Feb. 8-15
George Brinton McClellan Papers: Correspondence I, 1783-1888; 1862; June 26
George Brinton McClellan Papers: Letterbooks and Telegram Books, 1852-1862; Telegrams sent in cipher, 1862, Feb. 28-Aug. 12

George Brinton McClellan Papers: Letterbooks and Telegram Books, 1852-...

Public domain scan of a telegram, telegraph correspondence, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

George Brinton McClellan Papers: Correspondence I, 1783-1888; 1862; Mar. 10-12
George Brinton McClellan Papers: Correspondence I, 1783-1888; 1862; Jan. 9-17
George Brinton McClellan Papers: Correspondence I, 1783-1888; 1862; June 8-12
George Brinton McClellan Papers: Correspondence I, 1783-1888; 1862; Oct. 10-15
George Brinton McClellan Papers: Correspondence I, 1783-1888; 1862; June ?-July 13
George Brinton McClellan Papers: Correspondence I, 1783-1888; 1862; May 10-18
George Brinton McClellan Papers: Correspondence I, 1783-1888; 1862; June 28-30
George Brinton McClellan Papers: Speech, Article, and Book File, 1864-1885; Articles; Use of militia, undated
George Brinton McClellan Papers: Correspondence II, 1823-1898; 1864; Sept. 19-26
George Brinton McClellan Papers: Correspondence II, 1823-1898; 1864; Jan. 17-Mar. 15
George Brinton McClellan Papers: Diaries, 1846-1884; McClellan, George B. (1826-1885); 1873, May 12-June 11
George Brinton McClellan Papers: Diaries, 1846-1884; McClellan, George B. (1826-1885); 1881, May 19-Oct. 8
George Brinton McClellan Papers: Speech, Article, and Book File, 1864-1885; Articles; "The Princess of the House of Orleans," Century Illustrated Monthly, Feb. 1884
George Brinton McClellan Papers: Correspondence II, 1823-1898; 1885; Oct. 30-Nov. 2
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