Buying a substitute in the North during the war.
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Record Details
- Title
- Buying a substitute in the North during the war.
- Alternate Title
- Series title: Confederate war etchings
- Date
- ca. [1882?]
- Notes
- A well-dressed dandy with a holstered pistol displays "able-bodied" men available to serve as substitutes to a frail-looking, timid man standing in the doorway. The sign to the room where the men are carousing, in various states of inebriation, reads: "Substitutes for sale. Supply of able-bodied men always on hand. Cheap."
- Reprinted in the 1880s from original plates created by Volck in the 1860s. Set titled Confederate War Etchings and published by Porter & Coates. This is plate 7.
- Adalbert Johann Volck originally published this print under the pseudonym V. Blada.
- Names and Subjects
- United States.--Army--Recruiting, enlistment, etc.--Civil War, 1861-1865.
- Military service--1860-1870.
- Recruiting & enlistment--1860-1870.
- Dandies--1860-1870.
- Caricatures and cartoons--United States.
- Prints shelf.
- James S. Schoff Civil War Collection.
- Gender roles.
- LGBTQ+ historical terms.
- Sexual identity.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
- Porter & Coates,--publisher.
- United States--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Collection Title
- James S. Schoff Civil War Collection
- ID
- 352
- Barcode
- B6325208
- Physical Description
- 1 print : etching ; 15.3 x 19.6 cm, on sheet 29.3 x 37.9 cm
- Repository
- William L. Clements Library
- Date Added/Updated
- 2016-02-20 00:15:25
Technical Details
- Collection
- William L. Clements Library Image Bank
- Image Size
- 4716 x 3645
- File Size
- 403 KB
- Record
- 352
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/w/wcl1ic/x-352/wcl000424
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"Buying a substitute in the North during the war.". https://quod.lib.umich.edu/w/wcl1ic/x-352/wcl000424. In the digital collection William L. Clements Library Image Bank. William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. July 11, 2025.