- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- The Hercules of 1861
- Date of Original:
- 1861
- Subject:
- Political cartoons--United States
Caricatures and cartoons--United States
Serpents in art
Serpents--Symbolic aspects
United States. Army--Officers
Confederate States of America--History
Secession--Southern States
Presidents--Confederate States of America
Generals--Confederate States of America
Vice-presidents--Confederate States of America
Weapons in art
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893
Floyd, John B. (John Buchanan), 1806-1863
Pickens, F. W. (Francis Wilkinson), 1805-1869
Twiggs, David Emanuel, 1790-1862
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889
Toombs, Robert Augustus, 1810-1885
Stephens, Alexander Hamilton, 1812-1883 - People:
- Stephens, Alexander Hamilton, 1812-1883
- Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
- Medium:
- political cartoons
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- In this political cartoon, a Union officer (unidentified) swings a club labeled "Union" in defense against a many-headed serpent labeled "Secession." The serpent's heads are: Floyd, Pickens, Beauregard, Twiggs, Davis, Stephens, and Toombs, all leaders of the Southern secession movement and the resulting Confederacy.
Image of a political cartoon entitled "The Hercules of 1861." The cartoon depicts a Union officer (unidentified) swinging a club labeled "Union" in defense against a many-headed serpent labeled "Secession." The serpent's heads are: Floyd, Pickens, Beauregard, Twiggs, Davis, Stephens, and Toombs, all leaders of the Southern secession movement and the resulting Confederacy.
Courtesy of Civil War Treasures, New York Historical Society. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/government-politics/alexander-stephens-1812-1883/m-4042/
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- Courtesy of Civil War Treasures, New York Historical Society
- Holding Institution:
- New-York Historical Society
- Rights:
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