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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC06056 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to the 1860s |
| Title | Unionist epitaph for the Confederacy |
| Date | 9 April 1865 |
| Document Type | Broadside |
| Content Description | Large card printed on white glossy cardstock. Printed by James B. Rodgers at 52 & 54 North Sixth Street in Philadelphia. Dated the day of Lee's surrender. Says "Died near the south-side rail road, on Sunday, April 9, 1865, The Southern Confederacy, aged four years, conceived in sin, born in iniquity, nurtured by tyranny, died of a chronic attack of punch." Based on content and tone, this card probably pre-dates Lincoln's assassination. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Confederate States of America Union Forces Surrender Appomattox Humor and Satire |
| People | Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) (1822-1885) Davis, Jefferson (1808-1889) |
| Place written | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Arts & Literature |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |