United States, 39.76, -98.51861In 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.image/jpegenghttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/Political cartoons--United StatesCaricatures and cartoons--United StatesSerpents in artSerpents--Symbolic aspectsUnited States. Army--OfficersConfederate States of America--HistorySecession--Southern StatesPresidents--Confederate States of AmericaGenerals--Confederate States of AmericaVice-presidents--Confederate States of AmericaWeapons in artUnited States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893Floyd, John B. (John Buchanan), 1806-1863Pickens, F. W. (Francis Wilkinson), 1805-1869Twiggs, David Emanuel, 1790-1862Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889Toombs, Robert Augustus, 1810-1885Stephens, Alexander Hamilton, 1812-1883The Hercules of 1861StillImage