Standard Bearer
   

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Title

      Standard Bearer

Call #

   CWC-23

Printer

   New York Union Envelope Depot, 144 Broadway.

Description

   Depicts a young soldier with a sword holding the American flag upright as shells explode around him.

Inscription

   When thus our hosts go proudly forth,
Let foes beware the spirit of the North!

Cover size

   5 1/2 x 3 in 3.5 x 7 cm

Subjects

   United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Covers (philately)--United States--History
Pictorial works--Liberty

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