Propaganda from the American Civil War

Paul J. Springer, PhD, is a full professor of comparative military studies and chair of the Department of Research, Air Command and Staff College and a senior fellow of the Foreign Policy Research Institute.

• IntroductionChronology1. Documents through 18601Abolition Frowned Down (Lithograph), 18392A View of the Action of the Federal Government in Behalf of Slavery, 18443"Thoughts on Slavery," 18484Slavery and the Constitution, 18495" 'The Higher Law' in Its Application to the Fugitive Slave Bill," November 18506Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life among the Lowly, 1851–18527Aunt Phillis's Cabin; or, Southern Life As It Is, 18528Negroes and Negro Slavery, 18539The North and the South, 185410"What Makes Slavery a Question of National Concern?" 185511Forcing Slavery Down the Throat of a Freesoiler (Lithograph), 185612The Democratic Platform (Lithograph), 185613"Dixie's Land" (Song), 185914"The Crisis," 186015"Benedict's 'Wide Awake' Poem," 186016"The Union Must Be Preserved! Four Crisis Letters," 186017"A Platform for All Parties," 186018"The Causes and Remedies of Impending National Calamities," November 20, 186019"An Ordinance to Dissolve the Union between the State of South Carolina and Other States," December 20, 186020"Declaration of the Immediate Causes Which Induce and Justify the Secession of South Carolina from the Federal Union," December 24, 18602. Documents from 186121"Slavery: A Divine Institution," 186122"God Save the South" (Poem), 186123The Hercules of the Union (Lithograph), 186124"An Address on the Aspect of National Affairs and the Right of Secession," March 16, 186125"The Nineteenth of April," 1861 (Song), 186126"The Massachusetts Line" (Song), May 7, 186127"The Great Drama; an Appeal to Maryland," May 9, 186128"Western Virginia on the Seizure of Sherrard Clemens" (Song), 186129"New England" (Song), 186130"Cairo" (Song), 186131"Secession: A Folly and a Crime," July 4, 186132"After Some Time Be Past," July 10, 186133"The Fallacy of Neutrality," July 13, 186134"God's Way of Crushing the Rebellion," September 29, 186135"All Quiet Along the Potomac To-Night" (Poem), November 30, 186136"Annual Message of the President," December 3, 186137Volunteering Down Dixie (Lithograph), 186138"The Army of the Potomac, and Its Mismanagement," December 4, 186139"The Confederate Flag: Red, White & Blue" (Song), 18613. Documents from 186240"Secession: In the Future," 1862 10541"Battle Cry of Freedom" (Song), 186242"Rally Round the Flag Boys!" (Song), 186243"Are the Southern Privateersmen Pirates?" 186244"A Letter to a Friend in a Slave State," March 24, 186245"Some Thoughts on the Pacification of the Country, for the Consideration of the North and the South," 186246"Martial Law: What Is It? And Who Can Declare It?" April 2, 186247"The History and Theory of Revolutions," April 186248"Put It Through!" (Song), 186249"Indemnity for the Past and Security for the Future," May 19, 186250Thoughts for the Times: Addressed to the Considerate People of the Northern States, 186251"Soldiers of Our Army," 186252"Confiscation of Rebel Property," 186253Morgan's Message to Kentucky, July 15, 186254"On the Recognition of the Southern Confederation," 186255Song of the Exempts, 186256"Washington and Lincoln" (Song), 186257"Stonewall Jackson's Way" (Song), September 16, 1862 14258The Emancipation Proclamation, September 22, 186259"Treason and the Punishment It Deserves," October 8, 186260"Martial Law," 186261"A Compromise" (Song), 186262"A Proclamation by the Confederate President," December 24, 186263"Abraham's Daughter, or Raw Recruits" (Song), 18624. Documents from 186364"The Continent Is Trembling," January 9, 186365Fourteen Months in American Bastiles, 186366"West Point and the War," March 186367"Starved in Prison" (Song), 186368"A Call to My Countrywomen," March 186369"Curses Coming Home to Roost," May 186370"Forward or Backward?" 1863 17471"Freemen, Awake!! Declaration and Protest of Liberty against Usurpation and Tyranny," July 4, 186372"A Voice from North-Carolina," July 31, 186373"For the Croakers," 186374"War, a Necessary Evil," September 19, 186375"The Arguments of Secessionists," September 30, 186376"Neutral Relations of England and the United States," October 1, 186377"France, Mexico, and the Confederate States," October 5, 186378"The Cowards Are Coming" (Song), 186379"The Gettysburg Address," November 19, 186380"Third Annual Message of President Davis," December 7, 18635. Documents from 186481"The War and Its Close: A Discourse," April 8, 186482"Gideon's Water-Lappers," April 8, 186483The True Peace Commissioners (Lithograph), 186484The True Issue or "Thats Whats the Matter" (Lithograph), 186485"Our Captive Soldiers" (Song), 186486"Corruptions and Frauds of Lincoln's Administration," 186487Compromise with the South (Lithograph), September 3, 186488"Peace through Victory: A Thanksgiving Sermon," September 11, 186489"Mayor and Council of Atlanta to Sherman," September 11, 186490"Reply of Maj. Gen. Sherman to the Mayor of Atlanta," September 12, 186491"Coercion Completed, or Treason Triumphant," September 186492"A Song for the Boys," 186493"Lincoln or McClellan: Appeal to the Germans in America," 186494"Message from the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress," December 6, 18646. Documents from 1865 and Beyond95"The Conquered Banner" (Poem), April 186596The Chas-ed "Old Lady" of the C.S.A. (Lithograph), May 186597The "Rail Splitter" at Work Repairing the Union (Lithograph), 186598"Can a State Secede? Sovereignty in Its Bearing upon Secession and State Rights," 186599"Sherman's March to the Sea" (Song), 1865100"The Nation" (Poem), 1866101"The Burning of Columbia, S.C.," 1866102"The Blue and the Gray" (Poem), 1867103The Great American Tanner (Lithograph), 1868104This Is a White Man's Government (Lithograph), September 5, 1868105"Address on the Life and Character of Gen. Robert E. Lee," October 12, 1871106"The Military-Prison Keepers of the Late Southern Confederacy, in the Van of the Democratic Party," 1876107Of Course He Wants to Vote the Democratic Ticket (Lithograph), October 21, 1876108"General Sherman's March from Atlanta to the Coast," April 26, 1884109"An Humble Belisarius; or the Life of a 'Johnny Reb,' " 1885110"Song of the Irish Veteran," 1887111"Jeff. Davis Spouting Treason," 1887 (Song)112"Responsibility for the War of Secession," 1893BibliographyIndex

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