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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC00493.02 |
| From Archive Folder | Confederate war etchings |
| Title | Passage through Baltimore |
| Date | ca. 1880-1890 |
| Author | Volck, Adalbert John (1828-1912) |
| Document Type | Artwork |
| Content Description | Comments on Abraham Lincoln's stealthy trip through pro-South Baltimore on his way to Washington to be inaugurated. Lincoln's plans were changed in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on 22 February 1861 to avoid trouble in Baltimore. He boarded a special train on 23 February 1861 and travelled through Baltimore behind the curtains of a berth in a sleeping car. Volck depicts Lincoln being frightened by a hissing cat as he attempts to peek out of a freight car. The letters "P.W. & B.R.R. Co" (Philadelphia Wilmington & Baltimore Railroad) are on the freight car as well as the words "fright Bones." Size in extent is for the mount. The actual size of the etching is 26.2 x 20.2 cm. The title was found in a note in pencil at the bottom of the etching. |
| Subjects | African American History Slavery Art, Music, Theater, and Film Inauguration Assassination Lincoln Assassination President Union Forces Civil War Railroad Propaganda Humor and Satire |
| People | Volck, Adalbert John (1828-1912) |
| Place written | s.l. |
| Theme | Government & Politics; Slavery & Abolition; The American Civil War; The Presidency; African Americans |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | Adalbert John Volck was a dentist, political cartoonist, and a caricaturist who sympathized with the Southern cause. During the Civil War, Volck supported the Confederacy through his satirical political cartoons. He also smuggled drugs and medical supplies for the Confederate army, and served as a personal courier to President Jefferson Davis. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |