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Creator Role
printmaker
Description
The image satirically depicts the Sickle's Brigade, a disreputable group of men who were (allegedly) recruited for the Excelsior brigade by Colonel Daniel Sickles. A crowd of men stand in a street holding signs or weapons.
Description Source
Library of Congress. cph 3c00054 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3c00054 (accessed June 19, 2018).
Contributor
Justice Frank J. and Virginia Williams
Earliest
1861
Latest
1865
Approximate Creation Date
ca. 1861-1869
Measurement
8 X 9 3/4 inches
Materials and Techniques Display
etching on paper
Inscription
Recto, above image at left: 6 recto, in image, first sign: The Capitol in danger/Sickles Brigade/to the Rescue!!! recto, in image, second sign: Pipes for the noble saviors/of their country/by Mrs. Higby.
Subjects
Satire, American; Sickles, Daniel Edgar,--1819-1914--Military service ; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Caricatures and cartoons
Work Type
Class
prints
Preferred Citation
[Physical ID#]: [Title], Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana, Mississippi State University Libraries.
Rights
Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.
ID
4842
Digital ID
FVW_04842.6
Current Location
Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana (Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States)
Repository
Mississippi State University Libraries.
Digital Publisher
Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version).
Contact Information
For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.msstate.edu.