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Civil War/Civil War Broadsides: Impressive, Pro-Union Civil War Broadside

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Civil War/Civil War Broadsides: Impressive, Pro-Union Civil War Broadside
October 1, 1864 Broadside, "HOW THE WAR COMMENCED, AND HOW NEAR IT IS ENDED," Very Fine. 17.75" x 11.5." Printed by the National Union Executive Committee, Astor House, New York. Scattered toning, with some wrinkling on the left side of the paper and with a tape repair to the separated (now rejoined) 1" top strip. A rare and wonderful display piece because of the large map of the South at top and the massive amount of information crammed into the small type at bottom. Basically, this is a pro-Union piece, illustrating how the war was nearly at an end, in direct contrast to the sentiment that the South could not be subdued after four years of hostilities. The Civil War was not a popular issue by 1864. Many families had lost sons and loved ones and most people were generally worn down by a War which they thought should have ended quickly and long ago. However, had this defeatist attitude prevailed, America would be quite a different place today! This broadside encouraged war-weary citizens to support the Union's continued prosecution of the War against the South which, as it turned out, ended not too much longer after this broadside was published!