Price
$32.00
Condition
used
Product Condition
Very fine
Size
5.5" x 3"
Civil War Satirical Cover – “Southern Ass-Stock-Crazy” Donkey Caricature. A bold and humorous Civil War patriotic cover featuring the caption “Southern Ass-Stock-Crazy (Southern Aristocracy)” alongside a caricature of a donkey labeled “Southern Confederacy.” The animal is shown kicking wildly while tethered to a post marked “Union,” with a small Confederate flag attached to its tail. Printed on distinctive orange-colored paper, this cover delivers sharp Northern satire aimed at the Southern elite, using wordplay and visual humor to mock Confederate leadership and instability. Unopened and original.
From a large collection of Civil War covers in very fine condition that we recently acquired.
This design reflects the Northern use of satire to portray the Confederacy as reckless and irrational. The donkey—long associated with stubbornness—symbolizes the Southern cause, while the phrase “Ass-Stock-Crazy” plays on “aristocracy,” mocking the planter class that led the Confederacy.
$32.00
used
Very fine
5.5" x 3"