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Civil War News was a set of collectible trading cards issued in the early 1960s by Topps.The set featured colorful painted artwork and was characterized by vivid colors, graphic depictions of violence, death and blood (base card #21 "Painful Death" being a prime example) and exaggerations of warfare, in a similar tone to the 1938 Gum Inc.'s Horrors of War, which was equally popular.
Benjamin Franklin — George Washington The First U.S. Postage Stamps, issued 1847. The first stamp issues were authorized by an act of Congress and approved on March 3, 1847. [20] The earliest known use of the Franklin 5¢ is July 7, 1847, while the earliest known use of the Washington 10¢ is July 2, 1847.
Harper's Weekly was the most widely read journal in the United States during the American Civil War era of the mid-19th century. Harper's took a moderate editorial position on the issue of slavery prior to the Civil War's outbreak in 1861, earning it the label "Harper's Weakly" by critics.
The sharp crack of a snare drum, shuffling along at an insistent martial clip, is what first kicks “Civil War” into gear. The beat is joined by some menacing electronic bloops and nervous ...
Civil War token. Hart's Arcade Civil War Store Card, 945A-1a. Civil War tokens are token coins that were privately minted and distributed in the United States between 1861 and 1864. They were used mainly in the Northeast and Midwest. The widespread use of the tokens was a result of the scarcity of government-issued cents during the Civil War .
Bancroft crossed paths with the Orrs again in Natchez, Mississippi in 1902, when he interviewed an American Civil War veteran named Pleasant Jones: [65] Pleasant Jones was born in Buckingham county, Virginia. When about 18, his master, James Miller, sold him to a trader in Richmond named Orr, who brought him to Macon, Georgia, partly by water ...
ISSN. 0009-8094. Civil War Times (formerly Civil War Times Illustrated) was a history magazine that covered the American Civil War. It was established in 1962 [1] by Robert Fowler due to centennial anniversary interest in the Civil War in the United States. The magazine was originally named Civil War Times Illustrated Magazine and based in ...
The End of the Civil War (2009, History Channel): a collection of four separately produced and aired films sold as a single title: Sherman's March (2007), April 1865 (2003), The Hunt for John Wilkes Booth (2007), and Stealing Lincoln's Body (2009). The collection is also known as The Last Days of the Civil War. Gettysburg (broadcast on History ...