War 1862,American Civil War Cartoon,Indian,Charleston Harbour,James G. Bennett

Title: War 1862
Date Created/Published: 1862.
Summary: A Civil War cartoon showing New York Herald publisher and editor, James Gordon Bennett, as an American Indian whose pants, torso, and face are embellished with the Stars and Stripes. He awaits the arrival of a fleet of oncoming ironclad ships bearing the flag 'Charleston Harbour.' He holds a war club in one hand and his banner, the New York Herald, tied to a spear, in the other.
Notes:
Inscribed on verso of mount: English Origin by C.N.
May be a companion piece to SWANN - no. 320 (A size), the Civil War cartoon, titled 'Peace. 1862.'
No copyright information found with item.
Signed, lower right: C.N. 1862.
Title inscribed in red ink below image.
Bequest and gift; Caroline and Erwin Swann; 1977; (DLC/PP-1977:215.52)
At the outset of the Civil War Bennett supported a moderate, conciliatory approach to the conflict, and to that end, advocated southern rights, opposed the northern abolitionists as well as the southern secessionists, both of whom he considered threats to the unity of the country. The cartoon seems to imply that Bennett waged his own war in the Herald, in an effort to preserve the union. The war began in Charleston Harbour, South Carolina, with the Confederate bombardment of Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861.
Subjects:
Bennett, James Gordon,--1795-1872.
Indians of North America--Performances & portrayals--1860-1870.
Publishers--1860-1870.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Moral & ethical aspects.
Drawings--British--1860-1870.
Editorial cartoons--British--1860-1870.
Periodical illustrations--British--1860-1870.
Bookmark /2009617066/
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