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"Waiting for the Hour"
| Date | 1865 |
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| Dimensions | Image (Paper): 3 9/16 x 2 1/8 in. (9 x 5.4 cm) Mount: 3 5/8 x 2 7/16 in. (9.2 x 6.2 cm) |
| Print medium | Photo-Albumen silver-Carte-de-visite |
Many Northerners, including the editors of the New York Times, called for Jefferson Davis to be hung for treason. Union soldiers sung a version of “John Brown’s Body” that included a fourth verse about “hanging Jeff Davis from a sour apple tree.”
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Gift of Charles Schwartz, 2012
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Accession No. 2012.18.17