Civil War Propaganda

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Civil War Propaganda
Who does this propaganda benefit? Why was this
propaganda created? What inferences can you
make from viewing the propaganda?
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Political Propaganda (South)?

• Southern Propaganda?
• Depicts Lincoln and Davis fighting
• Lincoln seems to be the aggressor, Davis is
  asking for the Confederates to be left alone and
  Lincoln is standing with Soldiers and Cannons
  behind him saying that he is using no more force
  than necessary.

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Recruitment Poster

• This is an example of a recruiting poster
• It states how much money will be paid in large
  letters. The amount each MAN will be paid is in
  smaller letters at the bottom. There is fine
  print. The picture shows a lady, an American
  Shield, an Eagle, the words respond to your
  countrys call and something in the sky.

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Racist Propaganda (South) OR Abolitionist
Propaganda (North)?
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Great West, Great South

• A ship titled The Great West Three masted,
  capacity 1000 tons, receipts of grain in Buffalo
  in 24 hours, 1,100,000 bushels.
• A ship titled The Great South A rowboat being
  rowed by slaves, capacity 1000 lbs, receipts at
  New Orleans in 24 hours, 2.5 bushels

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5 to 1 HA!

• 5 Confederate Soldiers are running away from
  Uncle Sam, who is hiding behind a hill that has
  an American flag in it. There is a rooster next
  to him.
• This shows that even if the North was
  outnumbered, they would still win because they
  had the great power of America.

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Lincoln Pharmacy

• This shows Lincoln as a pharmacist. There are any
  things around the room, including Lincoln
  renowned Rebel Exterminator and Schenkes
  Volatile Pills for purifying the blood But the
  main thing Lincoln is making it Pure Refined
  National Elixir of Liberty

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Southern agriculture

• This shows that the south are warlike, and will
  turn even basic farming tools into weapons.

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Southern Industries

• This shows the Souths main industries.
  Incredibly dark

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American Eagle vs. C.S.A. Pirates. FIGHT!

• Not much to say here. The American Eagle is
  taking down some Confederate ships.

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Southern Rations

• All they have is hay.

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Southern Speech

• Caricature of a Southern Speaker with his entire
  speech written out with misspellings and a
  mocking southern accent.
• First line of the Speech Feller Kumrads, Since
  eye spok 2 Tenesse Ive ben in sevrul varus ways
  servin mi country. Eye C B 4 me menny who listed.
  . .

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Away down south in Dixie (Southern)

• An idyllic southern setting, a horse drawn cart
  full of hay, with men riding on it and walking
  with it.

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Beef for the Rebels

• The rebels are too poor to afford real meat, so
  they have to eat gators.

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Death before Dishonor (South)

• Nothing to say here

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Good to be Contraband

• Slaves are talking about how happy they are that
  they are now contraband. At least its a start.

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Throne of Cotton

• A confederate soldier talking about defeating
  Ape-Lincoln with cotton. He is sitting on the
  cotton as a throne.

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Killing the Snakes of South Carolina

• The American Eagle Destroying the snakes of south
  Carolina and secession

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Dictator Davis taking park of Virginia

• A distinctly evil looking money version of Davis
  is cutting off the tail of the cute kitten of
  Virginia

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Dont Tread on Us (Southern)

• A symbol for the south saying that they want to
  be left alone, but will fight back if they arent

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Isnt it just Patriotic?

• Apple Pie, Johnson, Joe Smith, etc. Patriotic.

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A Painful Tail

• The union shears cutting off the tail of
  secession, and secession falling out the window.
  Signifies the end of the rebellion

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Confederate Bond

• Making fun of how the Confederate bonds are
  worthless

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Jefferson Davis To-From war

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Types of Propaganda

• Posters
• Pamphlets
• Poetry
• Clothing
• Envelopes
• Stamps
• Rallies

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Union League

• North
• Started in Philadelphia Pennsylvania November
  1862
• Spread to New York City, Boston, Baltimore,
  Washington, and San Fransico
• Distributed literature
• Raised Money for soldier supplies
• Recruited Soldiers

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Loyal Publication Society of New York

• Run by Charles King and Francis Lieber
• Raised tens of thousands of dollars
• Published literature

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Religion in Northern Propaganda

• Late 1861 Abraham Lincoln sent Archbishop Hughes,
  Bishop McIlvaine, and Thurlow Weed on an
  international propaganda tour
• Purpose was to stop France, England, and Spain
  from supporting the Confederacy
• Hughes was supposed to persuade the Catholic
  Leaders (the Papacy, Napoleon, etc.)
• McIlvaine was supposed to earn the support of the
  Clergy of England
• Weed was supposed to interact with Journalists
  and public figures to counteract the Confederates
  doing the same.

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Southern Journalism Propaganda

• Confederates hired English Writers to help with
  Anti-Union Propaganda
• Henry Hotze was a major southern journalism
  propaganda leader, created the Index, major
  southern newspaper

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Envelope Propaganda (North)
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Bibliography

• http//www.civil-war.ws/propaganda/
• http//bibliodyssey.blogspot.com/2007/08/american-
  civil-war-envelopes.html
• http//memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/f?cwnyhs0./t
  emp/ammem_5pYt
• http//www.cornellcollege.edu/history/courses/stew
  art/his260-3-2006/0420four/CivilWar.htm