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- 'Secession! Peaceable secession!'
- Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. Portrait of Daniel Webster. Yellow-colored envelope with black ink. Image on left side. Printed below image: 'Secession! Peaceable secession: / Sir, your eyes and mine ate never / destined to see that miracle.' - Webster in the U. S. Senate, March 7, 1850.' Printed vertically at left of portrait: 'J. G. Wells, cor. Park Row and Beekman Street, N. Y.', Daniel Webster (January 18, 1782 - October 24, 1852) was a prominent U.S. Senator and a popular member of the Whig party. People knew him for his power of oratory and spirited speeches on topics such as nationalism. About the Creator: John Gaylord Wells is likely the author of Every Man His Own Lawyer and Business Form Book: A Complete Guide in All Matters of Law and Business Negotiations, for Every State in the Union (New York: Robert Macoy, 1875).
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- Artemas Ward having had his 'Wax Figger Show' 'fiscated, is taken before Jeff. Davis by the Vigilance Committee.
- Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. Caricatures of three men, one leading another blindfolded man (Ward). Cream envelope with black ink. Image on left side. Printed below image: 'Artemas Ward having had his 'Wax Figger Show' 'fiscated, is taken before / Jeff. Davis by the Vigilance Committee., Jefferson Davis (June 3, 1808 - December 6, 1889) was the first and only President of the Confederate States of America. He led the Confederate army and navy during the American Civil War. Charles Farrar Browne (April 26, 1834 - March 6, 1867) was an American humorist and author, known at the time by his nom de plume (pen name) 'Artemus Ward.'
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- Brigadier General
- Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. Caricature of General Henry A. Wise on the shore with a spyglass. He is emaciated with a swollen stomach. Cream envelope with brown ink. Image on left side. Printed below image: 'Brigadier General, the Honorable / HENRY A. WISE, of Virginia, / (The individual who thanked God that his / constituents did not read the newspapers,) / taking sight of the Northern Mudsills. / KING & BAIRD, PRS. SANSOM ST. PHILADA.', Henry Alexander Wise (December 3, 1806 - September 12, 1876) was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 8th congressional district, the 6th U.S. Minister to Brazil, and the 33rd Governor of Virginia directly preceeding the American Civil War. During the war, he was comissioned as a Brigadier General in the Confederate Army. 'Mudsills' was the term used by many southern Democrats to descriebe slave. They believed in the 'mudsill theory,' which states that the best society is one in which the wealthiest and most well-educated individuals controlled the labor of those with 'lesser human potential' as a means of maintaining a productive upper class and society overall. Mudsill is also the term for pieces of wood that are buried in the ground, on which houses of the 19th cenury were commonly constructed. About the Creator: King & Baird was a printer in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania during the American Civil War.
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- Maj. Gen. Wool.
- Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. Portrait of General Wool. Black in on beige envelope. Printed below image: 'MAJ: GEN: WOOL.' Printed vertically at left of image: 'Magee, 316 Chestnut St. Phila.', About the Creator: Magee was likely James Magee, a seller of stationery and envelopes at 316 Chestnut Street, and living at 750 Florida Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania during the American Civil War. About the Contributor: John Ellis Wool (February 20, 1784 - November 10, 1869) was an officer in the United States military during the War of 1812, Mexican-American War, and American Civil War.
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- Sherman's Flying Artillery. Virginians Retreating
- Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. A cannon barrel with wings flying in the air with a man sitting atop it. People retreat on horse and in carriage. Cream envelope with black ink. Image on left side and bottom. Printed below image: 'SHERMAN'S FLYING ARTILLERY. VIRGINIANS RETREATING.'
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- The War For The Union.
- Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. Rendering of Siegel (Sigel) in a circle with American flags and shields surrounding. Beige envelope with brown ink. Image is patterned on entire envelope, portrait on left side and text on top. Printed to right of rendering: 'THE WAR / FOR THE UNION.', Born in Sinsheim, Germany, Franz Sigel (November 18, 1824 - August 21, 1902) was educated at the United States Military Academy, and later, achieved the rank of Major General in the Union Army during the American Civil War. At various times, he was a teacher, politician, and newspaperman. About the Creator: Reagles & Co. operated at 1 Chambers Street in New York City during the American Civil War.
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- Vice Prest. Stephens, C.S.A.
- Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. Caricature of Stephens, depicted as an actor with his arms outstretched. Cream envelope with blue ink. Image on left side. Printed below image: 'VICE PREST. STEPHENS, C. S. A. / 'I would give up all hopes in this world / and the next, were I well out of this scrape.' - (What he said to a friend.)'
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- Wigfall on his promised descent on Washington.
- Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. Wigfall as a Native American with a hatchet in his hands and a loincloth on. Cream envelope with red ink. Image on left side. Printed at right of image: 'WIGFALL on his / promised descent on / Washington., Louis Trezevant Wigfall (April 21, 1816 - February 18, 1874) was a Democrat U.S. Senator from Texas. He seceded to the Confederacy, served as a Brigadier General in the Confederate Army, and later served as a Confederate States Senator from Texas.
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- Yancey, Commissioner from 'C.S.A.'
- Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. A strutting, dandified Yancey with a walking stick. White envelope with blue ink. Image on left side. Printed vertically at left of image: 'YANCEY, Commissioner from 'C. S. A.', About the Creator: Likely James Magee, a seller of stationery and envelopes at 316 Chestnut Street, and living at 750 Florida Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania during the American Civil War.