The Hercules of the Union, slaying the great dragon of secession

Title:: The Hercules of the Union, slaying the great dragon of secession
Description:: General Winfield Scott, a hero of the Mexican War and unsuccessful Whig candidate for President in 1852, was in command of the Union forces at the beginning of the Civil War. He resigned late in 1861, father the Union defeat in the first Battle of Bull Run. In this cartoon however, he is depicted as Hercules about to slay the Hydra with a club marked "Liberty & Union". The Hydra's heads include many prominent Confederate figures - Jefferson Davis, Gen. Beauregard & others.
Date:: 1861
Format:: Prints
Genre:: Political cartoons
Lithographs
Location:: Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Civil War & Reconstruction, Cartoon & caricature [1861-1876] (shelf locator)
Collection (local):: Americana Collection
Subjects:: Secession
Monsters
Generals
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889
Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893
Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866
Toombs, Robert Augustus, 1810-1885
Stephens, Alexander H. (Alexander Hamilton), 1812-1883
Twiggs, David Emanuel, 1790-1862
Pickens, F. W. (Francis Wilkinson), 1805-1869
Floyd, John B. (John Buchanan), 1806-1863
Extent:: 1 print : lithograph ; 18 x 12 1/2 in.
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