"The 'Rail-Splitter' at Work Repairing the Union"
This cartoon depicts Abraham Lincoln with a rail and Andrew Johnson with a thread and needle attempting to sew the Union back together. Johnson was a tailor by trade. Lincoln says to vice president Johnson, "A few more stitches ANDY and the good old UNION will be mended!" Johnson responds: "Take it quietly UNCLE ABE and I will draw it closer than ever!!"
- Date:
- 1864
- Original Format:
- Cartoon
- Item#:
- 16.139
- Height:
- 1951px
- Width:
- 2511px
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