A Civil War Cattle Drive
Posted: 11/15/2011
Author: Laura June Davis

Beef for the Union Army Cross the Long Bridge at Washington.
Image Credit: Harper's Weekly, 16 November 1861.
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Beef for the Union Army Cross the Long Bridge at Washington.
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A sampling of the often colorful and elaborately decorated envelopes used to send letters during the Civil War years.