Price
$32.00
Condition
used
Product Condition
Very fine
Size
5.5" x 3"
Civil War Satirical Cover – “Agricultural Implements Going South” Cannon Illustration. A sharp and cleverly understated Civil War patriotic cover featuring the caption “Agricultural Implements going South.” The illustration shows a determined Southern figure hauling a field cannon, humorously presented as a farming tool. This visual irony reflects Northern satire, equating Confederate war matériel with the South’s agrarian identity. Simple yet effective, this design captures the wit and propaganda style commonly used in Union-produced envelopes during the war. Unopened and original.
From a large collection of Civil War covers in very fine condition that we recently acquired.
This cover plays on the widely recognized identity of the South as an agricultural economy, particularly dependent on cotton. By labeling a cannon as an “agricultural implement,” the artist delivers a subtle jab at the Confederacy—suggesting that its true “tools” had become instruments of war rather than farming..
$32.00
used
Very fine
5.5" x 3"