Pennsylvania Seal
Seal of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1904. Motto: Virtue, Liberty, Independence.
Seal
The seal is an aquatic mammal, whose limbs are formed into flippers. The tail tapers at the end of the…
Solomon's Seal Root
In some perennial herbs, prostrate stems or branches underground are thickened with this store of nourishment…
Florida Seal
The former Great Seal of Florida, featuring an indian, palm tree, the sun, and some uncharacteristic…
General Bragg
Portrait of General Bragg. General Bragg was in command at Pensacola, with a force of 7,000 men from…
General Godfrey Weitzel
He joined the Western Louisiana campaign, and from May till September, 1864, was chief engineer of the…
Ship Island
"Ship Island, near the mouth of the Mississippi- United States war steamer "Mississippi" firing on a…
General Christopher C. Augur
"General Augur, born in New York in 1821, was graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1843.…
Common Seal
"The ground-color of the hair or skin, when this animal is alive and dry, is pale whitish-gray, with…
Hooded Seal
"Also called the Crested Seal, remarkable for possessing, about two inches from te extremity of the…
Sea Bear
"It is the size of a large bear; girth at the sholder, five feet, near the tail, twenty inches; fur…
Rear Admiral Charles Wilkes
"Rear Admiral Wilkes, born in New York city, April 3rd, 1798, died in Washington, D. C., February 8th,…
!["The Plantation Police, or Patrol, was an institution peculiar to the Slave States. It was a semi-military organization, raised and supported by the planters, but recognized by the old State authorities. Their principal duty was to visit the various plantations and patrol the roads at night, arresting all [African Americans] and others not having proper passes. The war, the President's proclomation, and the actual possession of most of the State of Louisiana by the Federal authorities, rendered these patrols doubly rigorous. Some of the [African Americans] submitted reluctantly. The [African American] in the foreground is a speciman of this class. He seems to yield to the superior force of a tottering power, satisfied that his day is at hand; others show the obsequious, submissive stamp- the [African American] satisfied with his lot if he is clothed and fed."— Frank Leslie, 1896](https://etc.usf.edu/clipart/11600/11643/plant-police_11643_mth.gif)
Plantation Police
"The Plantation Police, or Patrol, was an institution peculiar to the Slave States. It was a semi-military…
Cutting Levees
"Cutting the levees near the state line of Louisiana and Arkansas, twenty miles above Lake Providence,…