The flag of our union
The flag of our union. A dramatic Unionist print in much the same mold as The Union Volunteer (no. 1861-14). Here a young, mustachioed Union soldier is shown in three-quarter length, facing left while holding an American flag over his right shoulder and raising a saber above his head. This and similar prints were evidently designed to ride the initial crest of militant patriotism in the North after the outbreak of the Civil War. Date c1861. The flag of our union. A dramatic Unionist print in much the same mold as The Union Volunteer (no. 1861-14). Here a young, mustachioed Union soldier is shown in three-quarter length, facing left while holding an American flag over his right shoulder and raising a saber above his head. This and similar prints were evidently designed to ride the initial crest of militant patriotism in the North after the outbreak of the Civil War. Date c1861
