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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC08297 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of miscellaneous Civil War-era newspapers |
| Title | Epitaph on the United States Of America. |
| Date | ca. 1861 |
| Document Type | Broadside |
| Content Description | Confederate Broadside published by Evans & Cogswell commenting on the Union, Freedom , Equality, etc., and listing nearly every argument for Secession. "Here lie the mutilated and disjointed remains of the noblest form of Government." A main target is "a 'government of black men' being the chief ill of the social ties between two races' never designed by Providence to live together." |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Confederate States of America African American History Secession Government and Civics Slavery |
| Theme | The American Civil War; African Americans; Government & Politics |
| Sub-collection | American Civil War Newspapers and Magazines |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |