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"Soldiers Mailing Their Votes." [Detail from "Election-Day. 8th November.']

`Soldiers Mailing Their Votes.` [Detail from `Election-Day. 8th November.`] Engraving
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Engraving of political cartoon drawn by Thomas Nast

Dimensions of circular engraving and caption: 13 cm diameter

From Harper's Weekly, 12 November 1864, [page 16].


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[ This description is from the project: Who Counts? A Look at Voter Rights through Political Cartoons ]

This is a close-up detail of a vignette of Union soldiers voting in the field, from Nast’s 12 November 1864 cartoon.

See also, "Election Day. 8th November," the full political cartoon that includes the detail, "Soldiers Mailing Their Votes."